Technique for Estimating Low Numbers of a Bacterial Strain(s) in Soil
- 1 April 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 53 (4) , 887-888
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.53.4.887-888.1987
Abstract
A technique is described for obtaining most probable number estimates of the number of cells of a bacterial strain(s) when it is present in low numbers in the soil. The technique is based on the bacteriophage response that is elicited when a known number of bacteriophage for the bacterium of interest is incubated with soil dilutions in a nutrient broth. The technique was evaluated for use with gram-negative bacteria.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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