Trace amounts of furan-2-carboxylic acids determine the quality of solid agar plates for bacterial culture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Hara, Shintaro ^a   Isoda, Reika ^a   Tahvanainen, Teemu ^b   Hashidoko, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 FUROIC ACID; 2 FUROIC ACID DERIVATIVE; 5 HYDROXYMETHYLFURAN 2 CARBOXYLIC ACID; AGAR; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE VESSEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN;

AGAR; CELL PROLIFERATION; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; FURANS; QUALITY CONTROL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

EID: 84864411424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041142     Document Type: Article

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