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Detection and Enumeration of Iron Bacteria in Municipal Water Supplies
Author(s) -
Lueschow Lloyd A.,
Mackenthun Kenneth M.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1962.tb00886.x
Subject(s) - enumeration , filtration (mathematics) , membrane filter , bacteria , filter (signal processing) , most probable number , sample (material) , environmental science , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , pulp and paper industry , membrane , chromatography , mathematics , biology , computer science , statistics , engineering , biochemistry , combinatorics , computer vision , genetics
This article describes a membrane filter technique for the concentration and enumeration of iron bacteria in water supplies. The filtration procedure is exceptionally successful in concentrating small numbers of organisms. This process permits a relatively accurate enumeration. An additional advantage of the filter technique is the detection of other foreign material in the sample that is not apparent by ordinary bacteriological or chemical analysis.