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Comparative Study
. 1969 Dec;18(6):1092-3.
doi: 10.1128/am.18.6.1092-1093.1969.

Pour plates or streak plates?

A A VAN Soestbergen, C H Lee
Comparative Study

Pour plates or streak plates?

A A VAN Soestbergen et al. Appl Microbiol. 1969 Dec.

Abstract

The pour plate method of counting bacteria is more precise than the streak plate method, but, on the average, it will give a lower count.

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    1. Annu Rev Med. 1968;19:431-70 - PubMed

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