A MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD FOR THE ENUMERATION OF LEGIONELLA BACTERIA IN WATER

被引：10
作者：
GRABOW, NA [1 ]
KFIR, R [1 ]
GRABOW, WOK [1 ]
机构：
[1] UNIV PRETORIA, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
来源：
WATER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY | 1991年 / 24卷 / 02期
关键词：
LEGIONELLA; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; IMMUNO-FLUORESCENT STAINING; VIABLE; QUANTITATIVE; COOLING-TOWER WATER; SELECTIVE MEDIUM; PNEUMOPHILA; MULTIPLICATION; FILTRATION; SPECIMENS; ANTIBODY; SYSTEMS; GROWTH;
D O I：
10.2166/wst.1991.0046
中图分类号：
X [环境科学、安全科学];
学科分类号：
08 ; 0830 ;
摘要：
A new quantitative method for the enumeration of Legionella bacteria in water is described. Appropriate tenfold serial dilutions of water samples concentrated by membrane filtration are plated in triplicate on buffered charcoal yeast extract agar. After incubation for 3 days representative smears from individual plates are tested for the presence of Legionella by direct fluorescent antibody staining. The number of positive plates in each dilution is used to calculate the Legionella count by means of conventional most probable number statistics. In comparative tests on a variety of water samples this method yielded significantly higher counts than previously used procedures.
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