Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 29, Problem 8SA
How does the ONPG/MUG test allow a sample to be assayed simultaneously for the presence of both total coliforms and E. coli?
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