Comparison of microbiological and physicochemical methods for enumeration of microorganisms

Postepy Higieny i Medycyny Doswiadczalnej

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 1392-1396

  Szermer Olearnik, Bozena ^a   Sochocka, Marta ^a   Zwolinska, Katarzyna ^a   Ciekot, Jaroslaw ^a   Czarny, Anna ^a   Szydzik, Joanna ^a   Kowalski, Konrad ^a   Boratynski, Janusz ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPY   (Poland)

^b JAN DLUGOSZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial enumeration; Optical density; Spectrophotometry; Spread plate technique; Turbidimetry

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHOTOMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84920622427     PISSN: 00325449     EISSN: 17322693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5604/17322693.1130086     Document Type: Article

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