EVALUATION OF THE PRESENCE-ABSENCE (P-A) TEST - A SIMPLIFIED BACTERIOLOGICAL TEST FOR DETECTING COLIFORMS IN RURAL DRINKING-WATER OF INDIA

被引：13

作者：

RAMTEKE, PW

PATHAK, SP

BHATTACHERJEE, JW

GOPAL, K

MATHUR, N

机构：

[1] Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow, 226001, M.G. Marg

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND ASSESSMENT | 1994年 / 33卷 / 01期

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D O I：

10.1007/BF00546661

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

One thousand three-hundred and ninety-four drinking water sources comprising ground water, surface water and piped supplies were tested in order to compare the presence-absence (P-A) test with standard MPN method to detect coliforms as indicators of water quality. Out of 1394 samples, 1074 (77.04%) and 1030 (74.88%) were positive by the MPN and P-A test, respectively. The P-A test detected 96% of the positives detected by the MPN test. The P-A test may be effectively used as a rapid screening method to detect coliform contamination in less polluted sources such as ground water and piped supplies.

引用

页码：53 / 59

页数：7

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