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. 1963 May;11(3):265–267. doi: 10.1128/am.11.3.265-267.1963

Versatile Medium for the Enumeration of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria

John R Postgate 1,1
PMCID: PMC1057986  PMID: 13985693

Abstract

A lactate-yeast extract-sulfate medium, making use of both thioglycolate and ascorbate to poise the En gave valid colony counts of sulfate-reducing bacteria with both pure cultures and natural samples.

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