Analytical limits of three β-glucosidase-based commercial culture methods used in environmental microbiology, to detect enterococci

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 943-955

  Maheux, Andrée F ^a   Picard, François J ^a   Boissinot, Maurice ^a   Huppé, Vicky ^a   Bissonnette, Luc ^a   Bernier, Jean Luc T ^a   Cantin, Philippe ^b   Huletsky, Ann ^a   Bergeron, Michel G ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chromocult enterococci; Enterococci; Enterococcus specific PCR; Enterolert; mEI agar

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAINS; CULTURE METHODS; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GLUCOSIDASE; POSITIVE SIGNALS; TEST METHOD;

ALGAE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

POLYSACCHARIDES;

BETA GLUCOSIDASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENZYMOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARD;

BETA-GLUCOSIDASE; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 70349899137     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.428     Document Type: Article

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