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Microbial indicator systems for assessing water quality

  • Netherlands Society for Microbiology Symposium on Food Microbiology held at the Hague on 15–19 September 1981 Under the Auspices of the Federation of European Microbiological Societies
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Cabelli, V.J. Microbial indicator systems for assessing water quality. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 48, 613–618 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399546

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