Citric acid interferes with adenosine triphosphate determination by bioluminescence

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2587-2594

  Mubiru, D N ^a   Coyne, M S ^b   Grove, J H ^b  

^a Kawanda Agricultural Research Institute   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological buffers; Microbial ecology; Microbial enumeration

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749101596     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802363339     Document Type: Article

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