Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51188#.VFsmomfHRK0 Author(s) Barbara Speranza , Angela Racioppo , Antonio Bevilacqua , Milena Sinigaglia , Clelia Altieri Affiliation(s) Department of the Science of Agriculture, Food and Environment (SAFE), University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy . ABSTRACT In the present investigation, the sensitivity of different direct microbial count procedures applied on systems containing both planktonics and sessiles was tested. The direct count pour plate was compared with direct epifluorescent microscopic enumerations in order to evaluate the efficiency of the studied techniques in giving information about microbial activity or viab...
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