Comparison of Membrane Filter, Multiple-Fermentation-Tube, and Presence-Absence Techniques for Detecting Total Coliforms in Small Community Water Systems.

Authors

Nicholas J. Jacobs, Dartmouth College
Wanda L. Zeigler, Dartmouth College
Frank C. Reed, Connecticut River Watershed Council
Therese A. Stukel, Dartmouth College
Eugene W. Rice, Environmental Protection Agency

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