Rapid detection of Escherichia coli in water using a hand-held fluorescence detector

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2621-2628

  Wildeboer, Dirk ^a,b   Amirat, Linda ^a   Price, Robert G ^a   Abuknesha, Ramadan A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fluorescent substrates; Microbial detection; Water testing; d glucuronidase

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; WATER FILTRATION;

CLINICAL SAMPLES; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FLUORESCENCE DETECTOR; FLUORESCENT SUBSTRATE; MICROBIAL DETECTION; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; RAPID DETECTION; WATER TESTING; Β-D-GLUCURONIDASE;

SUBSTRATES;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; RIVER WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; SUBSTRATE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETER; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 77950949479     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.01.020     Document Type: Article

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