Comparison of Multiple Tube Fermentation and Polymerase Chain Reaction Methods for the Detection of Coliforms in Freshwater

Background and objective: Detection of microbial pathogens in water is one of the major health issues. Escherichia coli species are used as indicators of fecal contamination in water microbial detection. In this study, efficacies of two methods of multiple tube fermentation and polymerase chain reac...

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Main Authors: Ramin Mazaheri Nezhad Fard, Fahimeh-Sadat Sayyed Asgari, Iraj Ashrafi, Sorayya Gharibi, Mohammad Reza Khani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Behehsti University of Medical Sciences 2019-03-01
Series:Applied Food Biotechnology
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Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/afb/article/view/22484