A TEST FOR MEASURING BACTERIA IN WATER

摘要

A rapid method for measuring heterotrophic bacteria (or total viable organisms - TVO) in samples of drinking water. The water samples are diluted to reduce the masking effect of fast-growing bacteria over slow-growing bacteria. Subsamples are mixed with a growth medium, incubated, and analyzed for fluorescence whereby a semi-quantitative or pass-fail determination of heterotrophic bacteria in the water sample can be made.