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BS EN ISO 11731:2017

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Water quality. Enumeration of Legionella
Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

26-06-2017

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Principle
5 Apparatus and glassware
6 Culture media and reagents
7 Sampling
8 Procedure
9 Expression of results
10 Test report
11 Quality assurance
Annex A (informative) - Legionella species
Annex B (normative) - Culture media
Annex C (normative) - Diluents
Annex D (normative) - Acid solution
Annex E (informative) - Scraping or rubbing the
        bacteria from membrane filters
Annex F (informative) - Centrifugation technique
Annex G (informative) - Indirect immunofluorescent
        antibody assay for the identification of Legionella
        species
Annex H (informative) - Performance data
Annex I (informative) - Pre-treatment of water related
        matrices
Annex J (normative) - Decision matrix
Bibliography

Describes culture methods for the isolation of Legionella and estimation of their numbers in water samples.

Committee
EH/3/4
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 15/30266279 DC. Supersedes BS EN ISO 11731-2, BS 6068-4.18(2004) and BS 6068-4.12(1998). (07/2017)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
50
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current
Supersedes

Standards Relationship
EN ISO 11731:2017 Identical
ISO 11731:2017 Identical

ISO/IEC 17025:2005 General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories
ISO 7704:1985 Water quality — Evaluation of membrane filters used for microbiological analyses
ISO 19458:2006 Water quality Sampling for microbiological analysis
ISO 8199:2005 Water quality General guidance on the enumeration of micro-organisms by culture
ISO 13843:2017 Water quality — Requirements for establishing performance characteristics of quantitative microbiological methods
ISO 11133:2014 Microbiology of food, animal feed and water — Preparation, production, storage and performance testing of culture media
ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods

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