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Colorimetric Paper-based Detection of Escherichia coli, Salmonella spp., and Listeria monocytogenes from Large Volumes of Agricultural Water
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A rapid method for the detection of bacterial contamination in submerged mold cultures
Journal of Bacteriology
|March 27, 2010
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