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Rapid enumeration of viable Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1
Author(s) -
Vesey G.,
Nightingale A.,
James D.,
Hawthorne D. L.,
Colbourne J. S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1990.tb00095.x
Subject(s) - legionella pneumophila , enumeration , microbiology and biotechnology , legionella , biology , bacteria , genetics , mathematics , combinatorics
A rapid assay for the detection of viable Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 was evaluated. A total of 431 environmental water samples were examined using an immunofluorescent assay (IFA) combined with the cell respiration stain iodonitrotetrazolium violet (INT) and the results compared with conventional culture. The IFA/INT assay was at least as sensitive and much quicker than culture for the detection of viable Legionella pneumophila serogroup 1 in most types of sample.