Apparent bias in river water inoculum following centrifugation

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Bracken, Caragwen L ^a   Hendricks, Charles W ^b   Harding, Anna K ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolog; Centrifugation; Inoculum concentration; Microbiology; Public health indicators; Water quality

Indexed keywords

CARBON; RIVER WATER; TETRAZOLIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CENTRIFUGATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HETEROTROPHY; INOCULATION; MEASUREMENT; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

CENTRIFUGATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FORMAZANS; OREGON; RIVERS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33748748725     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.04.003     Document Type: Article

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