A medium for the rapid enumeration of Escherichia coli in the presence of other faecal coliforms in tropical waters
- 1 April 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Epidemiology and Infection
- Vol. 88 (2), 265-273
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022172400070121
Abstract
A selective membrane filtration medium is described for use in the rapid assessment of water quality in tropical countries where the incidence of faecal coliforms other than E. coli presents problems in the interpretation of results. The medium gives comparable results to MPN values obtained in the multiple tube dilution test using modified Gray's glutamate medium, and to membrane filtration counts obtained using M-FC broth and membrane-enriched Teepol broth, whilst differentiation of E. coli is enhanced.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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