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. 1978 Jul;36(1):36–42. doi: 10.1128/aem.36.1.36-42.1978

Improved medium for recovery and enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from water using membrane filters.

M H Brodsky, B W Ciebin
PMCID: PMC243030  PMID: 100052

Abstract

A modified mPA medium, designated mPA-C, was shown to recover Pseudomonas aeruginosa from a variety of water sources with results comparable to those with mPA-B and within the confidence limits of a most-probable-number technique. Enumeration of P. aeruginosa on mPA-C was possible after only 24 h of incubation at 41.5 degrees C, compared with 72 h of incubation required for mPA-B and 96 h of incubation for a presumptive most probable number.

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