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Discrepancies in bacterial recovery from dental unit water samples on R2A medium and a commercial sampling device.
Current microbiology - 1 Apr 2004
Smith Richard S, Pineiro Silvia A, Singh Ruby, Romberg Elaine, Labib Mohamed E, Williams Henry N
Abstract excerpt
Monitoring the number of bacterial colony-forming units is an important step in assuring compliance with the recommendation that water from dental units contain <200 CFU mL(-1). Media that have been used for this purpose include R2A, a standard plate counting medium for water samples, and the Millipore HPC Sampler device, designed to facilitate sampling in dental offices. Discrepancies between the two media have...
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