Development of alternative support system for viable count of cyanobacteria by most probable number method

Folia Microbiologica

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 455-458

  Prasanna, R ^a   Saxena, A K ^a   Jaiswal, P ^a   Nayak, S ^a  

^a INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CYANOBACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CYANOBACTERIA; PROBABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 33751352143     PISSN: 00155632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02931590     Document Type: Article

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