Validation of alternative methods for the analysis of drinking water and their application to Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3360-3367

  Boubetra, Abdelkader ^a   Nestour, François Le ^a   Allaert, Corrie ^b   Feinberg, Max ^c  

^a ISHA Institut Scientifique d'Hygiène et d'Analyse   (France)

^b IDEXX LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANIMAL FEEDING; ESCHERICHIA COLI BACTERIA; EUROPEAN COMMISSION; INTERLABORATORY STUDIES; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PROFILE METHOD; REFERENCE METHOD; STATISTICAL TOOLS; SUBSTRATE TECHNOLOGY; TOLERANCE INTERVAL; VALIDATION CRITERIA;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFILTRATION; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WATER QUALITY;

POTABLE WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DATA SET; DECISION MAKING; DRINKING WATER; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; STANDARDIZATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DECISION MAKING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79958278245     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00020-11     Document Type: Article

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