Isolation of amoebae and Pseudomonas and Legionella spp. from eyewash stations.

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Published in Appl Environ Microbiol on January 01, 1991

Authors

C Paszko-Kolva1, H Yamamoto, M Shahamat, T K Sawyer, G Morris, R R Colwell

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1: Department of Microbiology University of Maryland, College Park 20742.

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