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Resazurin reduction tests as an estimate of coliform and heterotrophic bacterial numbers in environmental samples

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Nix, P.G., Daykin, M.M. Resazurin reduction tests as an estimate of coliform and heterotrophic bacterial numbers in environmental samples. Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol. 49, 354–360 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01239637

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