Development of a spot-titer culture assay for quantifying bacteria and viral indicators

Journal of Rapid Methods and Automation in Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 455-464

  Beck, N K ^a   Callahan, K ^a   Nappier, S P ^b   Kim, H ^c   Sobsey, M D ^b   Meschke, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 71549119496     PISSN: 10603999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.2009.00182.x     Document Type: Article

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