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Counting total coliforms on the selective media, MI agar

By Environmental Health Program 2017 (approx.)
Counting total coliforms is an easy task when plating on the selective media, MI agar
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Michigan Bacteriological Research Laboratory — Lansing, Michigan. Counting total coliforms is an easy task when plating on the selective media, MI agar. The MI agar method is a membrane-filtration method for the detection of Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Total coliforms fluoresce blue under ultraviolet (UV) light.

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