False-positive coliform reaction mediated by Aeromonas in the colilert defined substrate technology system

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 352-354

  Landre, J P B ^b   Gavriel, A A ^a,c   Lamb, A J ^b  

^a North of Scotland Water Authority   (United Kingdom)

^b ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Hanningfield Treatment Works   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CELL CULTURE; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SP; CELL SUSPENSION; COLIFORMS; FALSE POSITIVE; HETEROTROPHS; LOWER DENSITY; ONE-STEP DETECTIONS; SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY SYSTEM;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL SUSPENSION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS SP.; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031864002     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00347.x     Document Type: Article

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