BS ISO 9308-2 : 2012

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WATER QUALITY - ENUMERATION OF ESCHERICHIA COLI AND COLIFORM BACTERIA - PART 2: MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF

Superseded date

06-30-2014

Language(s)

English

Published date

01-01-2012

Publisher

British Standards Institution

Foreword
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) - Further microbiological
        information on coliform bacteria
Annex B (normative) - The Quanti-Tray5) Sealer
        and calculation of results
Annex C (informative) - Composition of the Colilert-18
        medium
Annex D (informative) - Validation of Colilert-18/Quanti-Tray8)
        for the enumeration of E.coli and coliform
        bacteria from water
Bibliography

Describes a method for the enumeration of E. coli and coliform bacteria in water. The method is based on the growth of target organisms in a liquid medium and calculation of the 'Most Probable Number' (MPN) of organisms by reference to MPN tables.

Committee	EH/3/4
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes 10/30176776 DC and 10/30240064 DC. (07/2012) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 9308-2. (06/2014)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	58
PublisherName	British Standards Institution
Status	Superseded
SupersededBy	BS EN ISO 9308-2:2014
Supersedes	10/30176776 DC : 0 10/30240064 DC : DRAFT DEC 2010

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ISO/TR 13843:2000	Water quality Guidance on validation of microbiological methods
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