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Observations on the occurrence of Salmonella in 20000 samples of drinking water and a note on the choice of marker organisms for monitoring water supplies

  • 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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  1. Staatliches Medizinaluntersuchungsamt, Hallestrasse 1, 3300, Braunschweig, FR Germany

    H. E. Müller

  2. Department of the Science of Food of Animal Origin, The University of Utrecht, Biltstraat 172, 3572 BP, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    D. A. A. Mossel

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Müller, H.E., Mossel, D.A.A. Observations on the occurrence of Salmonella in 20000 samples of drinking water and a note on the choice of marker organisms for monitoring water supplies. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 48, 641–644 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399554

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