Use of an exogenous plasmid standard and quantitative PCR to monitor spatial and temporal distribution of Enterococcus spp. in beach sands

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2010, Pages 146-154

  Halliday, Elizabeth ^a   Griffith, John F ^b   Gast, Rebecca J ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COASTAL WATER RESEARCH PROJECT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 77955794730     PISSN: 15415856     EISSN: 15415856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lom.2010.8.146     Document Type: Article

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