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Escherichia coli: The Fecal Coliform

Dufour, AP
Microbiologist, Marine Field Station of the Health Effects Research Laboratory, West Kingston, R. I.

Pages: 11    Published: Jan 1977

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Abstract

The use of Escherichia coli as an indicator of fecal pollution and the significance of its presence in surface waters was reviewed. A minidefinition which identifies this organism at least 95 percent of the time was proposed. Membrane filtration and most probable number methods for the enumeration of E. coli were discussed.