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The Microbiology of Drinking Water – Part 7

Post author By shaun
Post date 1 June 2020

The Microbiology of Drinking Water – Part 7 – Methods for the enumeration of heterotrophic bacteria (2020) was revised to include a validated extension to the 20 minute time limit for adding agar to the sample. Download here!

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