Evaluation of Fung double tube test for Clostridium perfringens and EasyPhage test for F-specific RNA coliphages as rapid screening tests for fecal contamination in recreational waters of Hawaii

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 217-229

  Fung, Daniel Y C ^a   Fujioka, Roger ^b   Vijayavel, Kannappan ^b   Sato, Dayna ^b   Bishop, Dane ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 34748851272     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2007.00091.x     Document Type: Article

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