Development of a rapid screening method for the detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli using a combination of Colilert® Quanti-Trays/2000 and PCR

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Omar, K B ^a   Potgieter, N ^b   Barnard, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colilert Quanti Tray 2000; Environmental water; Escherichia coli; Single step multiplex PCR; Soil and stool

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MULTIPLEXING; SEWAGE;

CULTURE-BASED METHODS; DIARRHOEAGENIC E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); INTERNAL CONTROLS; MULTIPLEX PCR; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; STORAGE CONTAINER;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; TAP WATER;

BOREHOLE; DETECTION METHOD; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SPRING WATER; STORAGE TANK; STREAM; WELL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EFFLUENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RIVER; SCREENING; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOUTH AFRICA; STREAM (RIVER);

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77955082296     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.862     Document Type: Article

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