Evaluation of Enterolert® for the enumeration of enterococci in the marine environment

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 505-513

  Abbott, Stan ^a   Caughley, Brian ^a   Scott, Guy ^a  

^a Intl Ocean Inst Reg Ctr A   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

4 methylumbelliferone fluorescence; Cost analyses; Defined substrate technology; Enterococcal glucosidase; Enterolert ; Enumerating enterococci; Linear correlation; Marine water; Membrane filtration; Most probable number; Quanti tray ; Rapid test; Recreational water quality

Indexed keywords

4 METHYLUMBELLIFERYL BETA DEXTRO GLUCOSIDE; BETA GLUCOSIDASE; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; HYMECROMONE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; MULTIPLE TUBE FERMENTATION; NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIUM; ESTIMATION METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0032410037     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.1998.9516839     Document Type: Article

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