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Marine bacteria cause false-positive results in the Colilert-18 rapid identification test for Escherichia coli in Florida waters
- Source :
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Feb, 2002, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p539, 6 p.
- Publication Year :
- 2002
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Abstract
- Research has been conducted on the coliform bacteria used as the fecal contamination indicator for the fresh and marine waters. The use of the Colilert-18 system in detecting both coliforms and E. coli in the filtered and cell-free marine and estuarine water samples is described.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00992240
- Volume :
- 68
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Gale General OneFile
- Journal :
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsgcl.82812473