Comparative study of methods for the enumeration of total and fecal coliforms in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica | Zendy

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Comparative study of methods for the enumeration of total and fecal coliforms in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica

Author(s) -

Gary P. Richards

Publication year - 1978

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.36.6.975-978.1978

Subject(s) - enumeration , crassostrea , oyster , fecal coliform , feces , agar , biology , eastern oyster , coliform bacteria , plate count , most probable number , shellfish , ostreidae , microbiology and biotechnology , veterinary medicine , fishery , ecology , aquatic animal , mathematics , bacteria , water quality , fish <actinopterygii> , combinatorics , medicine , genetics

Violet red bile agar and Coli-Count Sampler (Millipore Corp.) procedures were shown to be acceptable alternatives to the standard most-probable-number method for monitoring relative coliform levels in oysters.

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