Evaluation of a new Most-Probable-Number (MPN) dilution plate method for the enumeration of Escherichia coli in water samples

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 123-126

  Kodaka, Hidemasa ^a,b   Saito, Mikako ^b   Matsuoka, Hideaki ^b  

^a Nissui Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coliforms; EC blue; Escherichia coli; MPN; MPN plate

Indexed keywords

COLIFORMS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; E. COLI; EC BLUE; MPN; MPN PLATE; NATURAL LOGARITHMS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TUBE METHODS; WATER SAMPLES;

ALGEBRA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; STUDENT T TEST; WATER SAMPLING;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LINEAR MODELS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350053419     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.14.123     Document Type: Article

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