Efficacy and limitations of an ATP-based monitoring system

Journal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 190-195

  Turner, Danielle E ^a   Daugherity, Erin K ^a   Altier, Craig ^a   Maurer, Kirk J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATP BASED MONITORING SYSTEM; BACTERIOLYSIS; CELL COUNT; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; EPITHELIUM CELL; ERYTHROCYTE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; ULTRASOUND; URINE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, LABORATORY; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOUSING, ANIMAL; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; RODENTIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOXOCARA CANIS; TOXOPLASMA GONDII;

EID: 77950609222     PISSN: 15596109     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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