A new membrane filtration medium for simultaneous detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and total coliforms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3526-3530

  Grant, M A ^a  

^a Hach Company   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIA; COLIFORM; ENUMERATION; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; POLLUTION DETECTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTAMINATION; DIARRHEA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030875905     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.9.3526-3530.1997     Document Type: Article

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