Laboratory-dependent bacterial ecology: A cautionary tale

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 3032-3035

  O'Keefe, K J ^a,c   Morales, N M ^a   Ernstberger, H ^b   Benoit, G ^b   Turner, P E ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIOLOGY; STRAIN;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; CHEMICAL BATCHES; HUMAN HANDLING;

ECOLOGY;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LABORATORIES; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646117509     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.3032-3035.2006     Document Type: Article

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