Comparison of rose bengal-chloramphenicol and modified aureomycin-rose bengal-glucose-peptone agar as media for the enumeration of molds and yeasts in water by membrane filtration techniques

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 310-312

  Albaum, Silva ^a   Masaphy, Segula ^a,b  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fungal enumeration; MARGPA; Membrane filter technique; RBCh; Rose bengal; Water

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; GROUND WATER; PEPTONE; ROSE BENGAL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; FUNGUS CULTURE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREAM (RIVER); SWIMMING POOL; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; YEAST;

AGAR; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FILTRATION; FUNGI; PEPTONES; ROSE BENGAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; YEASTS;

FUNGI;

EID: 59849128361     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2008.11.006     Document Type: Article

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