On the relationship between the physiological state of bacteria and rapid enzymatic assays of fecal coliforms in the environment

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1329-1334

  Villarino, Andrea ^a   Toribio, Ana L ^c   Brena, Beatriz M ^b,c   Grimont, P A D ^a   Bouvet, Odile M M ^a,d  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c Environmental Laboratory   (Uruguay)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

galactosidase; Escherichia coli; False positive; Rapid methods

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION RESPONSE; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GLUCOSE; SEAWATER; STATISTICS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0041353791     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1024903407025     Document Type: Article

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