Viable Real-Time PCR in Environmental Samples: Can All Data Be Interpreted Directly?

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 7-12

  Fittipaldi, Mariana ^a,b   Codony, Francesc ^a   Adrados, Barbara ^a   Camper, Anne K ^b   Morató, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650680168     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-010-9719-1     Document Type: Article

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