A comparison of ten USEPA approved total coliform/E. coli tests

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 267-282

  Olstadt, Jeremy ^a   Schauer, James Jay ^b   Standridge, Jon ^a   Kluender, Sharon ^a  

^a WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Aeromonas spp.; E. coli; Enzyme based test; Groundwater; Total coliform

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; ENZYME; GROUND WATER;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; ENZYME; GROUNDWATER;

AEROMONAS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CITROBACTER; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEVICE; ENTEROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; KLEBSIELLA; SERRATIA; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

AEROMONAS; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; SERRATIA;

EID: 34250619504     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.008b     Document Type: Article

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