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Comparison of Colilert with Dutch standard enumeration methods for Escherichia coli and total coliforms in water
Author(s) -
Schets F.M.,
Medema G.J.,
Havelaar A.H.
Publication year - 1993
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.1993.tb01425.x
Subject(s) - enumeration , escherichia coli , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacteriaceae , biology , food science , mathematics , genetics , combinatorics , gene
The average recovery of Escherichia coli with Colilert was 26% (range 12–42%) and that for coliforms was 35% (range 4–140%, when compared with Dutch standard methods. In samples with low numbers of target organisms, Colilert gave false‐negative results and was therefore regarded as an unsuitable alternative for Dutch standard methods.