Use of defined substrate technology and a novel procedure for estimating the numbers of enterococci in water

A new procedure based on defined substrate technology for the detection (Enterolert®) and enumeration (QuantiTray™) of enterococci in water has been evaluated and been shown to give results which are more accurate and faster to obtain than with the traditional membrane filtration method. Enterolert®...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of microbiological methods 1996-11, Vol.27 (2), p.207-210
Hauptverfasser:	Fricker, E.J., Fricker, C.R.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Bacteriological methods and techniques used in bacteriology Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Defined substrate technology Enterococci Enterococcus Enterolert Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Microbiology QuantiTray
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Zusammenfassung:	A new procedure based on defined substrate technology for the detection (Enterolert®) and enumeration (QuantiTray™) of enterococci in water has been evaluated and been shown to give results which are more accurate and faster to obtain than with the traditional membrane filtration method. Enterolert® detected enterococci in more samples than did membrane filtration and had fewer false positive results. None of these differences were significant. Comparison of the counts of organisms obtained with QuantiTray™ with those obtained with membrane filtration showed that the correlation coefficient was 0.91.
ISSN:	0167-7012 1872-8359
DOI:	10.1016/S0167-7012(96)00950-5