Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1986
Publication Title
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
Department
Department of Biological Sciences
Abstract
Methods for detecting total coliform bacteria in drinking water were compared using 1,483 different drinking water samples from 15 small community water systems in Vermont and New Hampshire. The methods included the membrane filter (MF) technique, a 10-tube fermentation tube (FT) technique, and the presence-absence (P-A) test.
Original Citation
Jacobs NJ, Zeigler WL, Reed FC, Stukel TA, Rice EW. Comparison of membrane filter, multiple-fermentation-tube, and presence-absence techniques for detecting total coliforms in small community water systems. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1986;51(5):1007-1012. doi:10.1128/AEM.51.5.1007-1012.1986
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Jacobs, Nicholas J.; Zeigler, Wanda L.; Reed, Frank C.; Stukel, Therese A.; and Rice, Eugene W., "Comparison of Membrane Filter, Multiple-Fermentation-Tube, and Presence-Absence Techniques for Detecting Total Coliforms in Small Community Water Systems." (1986). Dartmouth Scholarship. 503.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/503