Hygiene monitoring with the Portable Microbe Enrichment Unit (PMEU)

VTT Symposium (Valtion Teknillinen Tutkimuskeskus)

Volumn , Issue 266, 2010, Pages 164-176

  Hakalehto, Elias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRIA; BACTERIAL CELLS; BACTERIAL LEVELS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BROTH MEDIA; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENRICHMENT UNITS; FINLAND; GROWTH CONDITIONS; ISO 9001; POTENTIAL CONTAMINANTS; ULTRA-FAST; VALIDATION STUDY;

CELL CULTURE; CLEAN ROOMS; CONTAMINATION; GAS DETECTORS; LABORATORIES; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA;

EID: 80053330970     PISSN: 03579387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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