Quantification of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strains in marine and freshwater samples by the most-probable-number method

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3541-3543

  Levin Edens, Emily ^a   Meschke, John Scott ^a   Roberts, Marilyn C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

BACTERIAL LOAD; EVALUATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIAL LOAD; FRESH WATER; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SEAWATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79958241178     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00015-11     Document Type: Note

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