Comparison of a novel MPN method against the yeast extract agar (YEA) pour plate method for the enumeration of heterotrophic bacteria from drinking water

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 3489-3497

  Sartory, David P ^a   Gu, Haoyi ^b   Chen, Chun Ming ^b  

^a SWM Consulting   (United Kingdom)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparison of methods; Drinking water; Heterotrophic plate count bacteria; ISO 17994; Quanti Disc ; Yeast extract agar

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; BACTERIA; ENZYMES; EXTRACTION; POLYSACCHARIDES; YEAST;

COMPARISON OF METHODS; ENGLAND AND WALES; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT BACTERIA; ISO 17994; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; REFERENCE STRAINS; YEAST EXTRACT AGAR;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

AGAR; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; HETEROTROPHY; YEAST;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LABORATORY TEST; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WATER SAMPLING; YEAST EXTRAC AGAR POUR PLATE METHOD;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WALES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54049125301     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2008.04.024     Document Type: Article

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