Minimising the between-sample variance in colony counts on foods

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 598-603

  Corry, Janet E L ^a   Jarvis, Basil ^b   Hedges, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Upton Bishop   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colony counts; Foods; Sample size; Standard deviation; Variance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CATTLE; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CATTLE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MEAT PRODUCTS; MILK; SWINE;

EID: 77954817947     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.02.002     Document Type: Article

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