Comparison of membrane filtration and multiple-tube fermentation by the Colilert and Enterolert methods for detection of waterborne coliform bacteria, Escherichia coli, and Enterococci used in drinking and bathing water quality monitoring in southern Sweden

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 3079-3083

  Eckner, Karl F ^a,b  

^a KM Lab AB   (Sweden)

^b Colifast Systems ASA ^*  (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; STANDARDIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031904283     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.8.3079-3083.1998     Document Type: Article

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