Detection and enumeration of coliforms in drinking water: Current methods and emerging approaches

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-54

  Rompré, Annie ^a   Servais, Pierre ^b   Baudart, Julia ^a   De Roubin, Marie Renée ^c   Laurent, Patrick ^a  

^a Université Laval   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Anjou Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Cultural methods; Detection; Drinking water; Enzymatic methods; Molecular tools

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; BETA GLUCURONIDASE; CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; DRINKING WATER; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMETRY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE PROBE; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0036142777     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(01)00351-7     Document Type: Article

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