Determination of Escherichia coli Contamination with Chromocult Coliform Agar Showed a High Level of Discrimination Efficiency for Differing Fecal Pollution Levels in Tropical Waters of Kampala, Uganda-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Determination of Escherichia coli Contamination with Chromocult Coliform Agar Showed a High Level of Discrimination Efficiency for Differing Fecal Pollution Levels in Tropical Waters of Kampala, Uganda

Published:2000-02 Issue:2 Volume:66 Page:864-868
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Byamukama Dennis¹,Kansiime Frank²,Mach Robert L.³,Farnleitner Andreas H.⁴

Affiliation:

1. Department of Zoology1and

2. Institute of Environment and Natural Resources,2 Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda, and

3. Institute of Biochemical Technology and Microbiology, Technical University of Vienna, 1060 Vienna,3 and

4. Institute of Water Quality, Section Microbial Ecology, Federal Agency for Water Management, 1220 Vienna,4 Austria

Abstract

ABSTRACT Escherichia coli , total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and sulfite-reducing anaerobic spore formers from different polluted sites in a tropical environment were determined in order to test for their indication ability for fecal contamination. Quantification of E. coli contamination with Chromocult coliform agar proved to be efficient and feasible for determining fecal pollutions in the investigated area within 24 h. The other microbial parameters showed a lower ability to differentiate sites and cannot be recommended for monitoring fecal pollution in the studied tropical surface waters.

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.66.2.864-868.2000

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