Comparison of media for enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli in non-disinfected water

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 522-529

  Pitkänen, Tarja ^a   Paakkari, Piia ^a   Miettinen, Ilkka T ^a   Heinonen Tanski, Helvi ^b   Paulin, Lars ^c   Hänninen, Marja Liisa ^d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Coliform; Confirmation; E. coli; Equivalence; Method; Water

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; WATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHROMOGENIC COMPOUNDS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT DYES; FRESH WATER;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 33847270070     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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