Ambient-temperature incubation for the field detection of Escherichia coli in drinking water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 915-923

  Brown, J ^a,b   Stauber, C ^c   Murphy, J L ^d   Khan, A ^e   Mu, T ^e   Elliott, M ^e   Sobsey, M D ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental health; Indicators; Water quality

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; TEMPERATURE; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

CAMBODIA; COST REQUIREMENTS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS; FIELD DETECTIONS; SAFETY MONITORING; SAFETY OF DRINKING WATER; SAMPLE SETS; WATER SAFETY;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DEVELOPING WORLD; DILUTION; DRINKING WATER; FIELD METHOD; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; POLLUTION CONTROL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CAMBODIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DILUTION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CAMBODIA; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DRINKING WATER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 79954621256     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2011.04940.x     Document Type: Article

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