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heterotrophic-bacteria
coastal lagoons
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An efficiency comparison for counts of viable heterotrophic bacteria in a coastal lagoon was done for three media with different salinities. Water samples were taken along me salinity gradient (range 1-28 %), with and without lagoon communication with the sea. In all cases, the cstuarine mcdium wilh intermediate salt concentration gave the highest values of colony forming units and is more reliable.References
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