Comparison of a novel ColiPlate™ kit and the standard membrane filter technique for enumerating total conforms and Escherichia coli bacteria in water

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 157-164

  Lifshitz, Ran ^a   Joshi, Renu ^b  

^a Environm Biodetection Products Inc   (Canada)

^b York Durham Regional Environmental Laboratory   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coliforms; ColiPlate; E. coli; Membrane filter; MPN

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031970928     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1998)13:2<157::AID-TOX7>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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