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Aseptic Laboratory Techniques: Plating Methods
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[Assessment of bacterial counts in the meat-processing industry. III. The Stomacher method and the spiral plate

G E Gerats, J M Snijders

    Tijdschrift Voor Diergeneeskunde
    |September 15, 1977
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