Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
Laboratory Experiments in Microbiology (12th Edition) (What's New in Microbiology)
12th Edition
ISBN: 9780134605203
Author: Ted R. Johnson, Christine L. Case
Publisher: PEARSON
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The advantage and disadvantage of the multiple tube technique in detecting the coilforms.

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Multiple-tube method is a method that is useful to identify and specify the total number of coliforms in a water sample. In this method, a sequence of tubes contains an appropriate selective broth culture medium. This media is inoculated with the test portions of a water sample.

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