Evaluation of heterotrophic plate and chromogenic agar colony counting in water quality laboratories

The enumeration of bacteria using plate-based counts is a core technique used by food and water microbiology testing laboratories. However, manual counting of bacterial colonies is both time and labour intensive, can vary between operators and also requires manual entry of results into laboratory in...

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Main Authors: Gary Hallas, Paul Monis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-01-01
Series:MethodsX
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2215016115000515