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Multiregional Evaluation of the SimPlate Heterotrophic Plate Count Method Compared to the Standard Plate Count Agar Pour Plate Method in Water |
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| Authors: | R Wayne Jackson Karen Osborne Gary Barnes Carol Jolliff Dianna Zamani Bruce Roll Amy Stillings David Herzog Shelly Cannon and Scott Loveland |
| Abstract: | A new SimPlate heterotrophic plate count (HPC) method (IDEXX Laboratories, Westbrook, Maine) was compared with the pour plate method at 35°C for 48 h. Six laboratories tested a total of 632 water samples. The SimPlate HPC method was found to be equivalent to the pour plate method by regression analysis (r = 0.95; y = 0.99X + 0.06). |
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