Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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9121879 | FEMS Microbiology Letters | 2005 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
A new direct approach, called direct viable count (DVC)-FISH-ScanRDI, combining viability measurement, specific detection and sensitive enumeration of highly diluted Enterobacteriaceae cells, was assessed during the summer in water samples from a North American drinking water treatment plant and its distribution system. Major results of this field investigation show a higher sensitivity of the DVC-FISH-ScanRDI approach in enumerating viable Enterobacteriaceae cells in distributed drinking water, relative to a culture-based method, and the increased concentration of viable but non-culturable (VBNC) Enterobacteriaceae cells in distributed water for temperatures above 18 °C.
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Authors
Julia Baudart, Amandine Olaizola, Josée Coallier, Vincent Gauthier, Patrick Laurent,