Comparison of three different media for the detection of E. coli and coliforms in water

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Bernasconi, Camilla ^a   Volponi, G ^c   Bonadonna, L ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Coliforms; E. coli; Microbiological methods; Water

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER;

BIOMARKERS;

DRINKING WATER; TETRADECYL SULFATE SODIUM; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM;

BIOMARKERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POTABLE WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; TAXONOMY;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; TAXONOMY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT;

CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33749150566     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.460     Document Type: Article

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