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Enumeration of waterborne Escherichia coli with petrifilm plates: comparison to standard methods
Authors:Vail J H  Morgan R  Merino C R  Gonzales F  Miller R  Ram J L
Institution:Robert B. Annis Water Resources Institute, Grand Valley State University, Muskegon, MI 49441, USA.
Abstract:Escherichia coli is often monitored in environmental waters as an indicator of the possible presence of human pathogens associated with feces. Petrifilm E. coli/coliform count plates (3M, Minneapolis, MN), previously validated for enumerating E. coli in food, were tested for monitoring E. coli in environmental water. Escherichia coli counts in environmental water samples enumerated with Petrifilm were significantly correlated (R > 0.9; slope = 0.9-1.0; p < 0.001) with counts obtained with three commonly used methods, mTEC (Becton Dickinson, Sparks, MD), m-ColiBlue (Hach, Loveland, CO), and Colilert-18/IDEXX Quanti-Tray 2000 (IDEXX, Westbrook, ME). Blue colonies on Petrifilm plates were most reliably identified as E. coli when accompanied by gas formation, as determined by characterization of the colonies on MacConkey agar plates (PML Microbiologicals, Mississauga, ON, Canada) and by polymerase chair reaction (PCR) with E. coli-specific primers. The main disadvantage of Petrifilm plates for environmental water testing is the small volume (1 mL per sample) that can be tested; however, the plates appear to be suitable for screening and locating sites that exceed criteria for total body and partial body contact. Simplicity of use and storage, reliability, and relatively low cost make Petrifilm plates suitable for volunteer-based and educational water quality monitoring applications, particularly when used as a preliminary screening method to identify problem sites.
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