Federico Aulenta, Sebasti a Puig and Falk Harnisch Water Research Institute (IRSA), National Research Council (CNR), via Salaria km 29,300, 00015 Monterotondo, RM, Italy. Laboratory of Chemical and Environmental Engineering (LEQUiA), Institute of the Environment, University of Girona, Carrer Maria Aur elia Capmany 69, 17003 Girona, Spain. Department of Environmental Microbiology, HelmholtzCentr...

Correspondence to: LO Egwari Department of Botany and Microbiology Faculty of Science University of Lagos Akoka, Lagos, Nigéria E-mail: [email protected] Received on 26/9/2001. Approved on 30/4/2002. Environmental impact on the bacteriological quality of domestic water supplies in Lagos, Nigeria Impacto ambiental sobre a qualidade bacteriológica do abastecimento domiciliar de água em Lagos, Nig...

There are significant challenges associated with qualitative and quantitative nucleic acid tests performed in diagnostic laboratories. The development of internationally available certified reference materials which can be traced to reference measurements will contribute to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of nucleic acid tests and enhance reliability and comparability ...

there are significant challenges associated with qualitative and quantitative nucleic acid tests performed in diagnostic laboratories. the development of internationally available certified reference materials which can be traced to reference measurements will contribute to a better understanding of the performance characteristics of nucleic acid tests and enhance reliability and comparability ...

pathology laboratory. The chapter is well written and most of the pitfalls encountered by beginners in this procedure are discussed in detail. Part 3 describes 18 examples of preparing various tissues, bacteria, etc., for microscopic examination, using the staining methods outlined in Chapter 7. Numerous photomicrographs illustrate the desired results. Part 4, a new addition, lists specific sou...

objective: infection control is one of the important aspects in dentistry. oral and maxillofacial surgery is one of the most sensitive fields in dentistry in which infection control is important a sterile surgical set is imperative. manufacturers only guarantee the sterility of the anesthetic not the sterility of its outer surface. they recommend alcohol to sterile the outer surface (especially...

1 Centre for Estuarine and Marine Ecology (CEME), The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW), Korringaweg 7, 4401 NT Yerseke, The Netherlands 2 Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, Bremen, 28359, Germany 3 Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-4320, USA * now at: CSIRO Land and Water, 120 Meiers Rd Indooroopilly, 4075, Qld, Aus...