Application of rapid enzyme assay techniques for monitoring of microbial water quality

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 289-294

  Fiksdal, Liv ^a   Tryland, Ingun ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; COLIFORM BACTERIA; CULTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA CONCENTRATIONS; ENZYME ASSAYS; RAPID ESTIMATION;

BIOASSAY;

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE;

BACTERIUM CULTURE; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 46549083633     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2008.03.004     Document Type: Review

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