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Date of Award

1963

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (M.A.)

Department

Biological Sciences

First Advisor

Donald L. Lehmann

First Committee Member

Ernest P. Edwards

Second Committee Member

John S. Tucker

Abstract

The purpose of the present work was three-fold: (1) to determine the number of microorganisms found in root beer ready for consumer used, (2) to study the effects of various temperatures and durations of incubation on this microbial population, and (3) to characterize the predominant species of contaminating bacteria.

Pages

36

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Biology Commons

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