Mates A, Schaffer M
Public Health Laboratory, Ministry of Health, Tel Aviv, Israel.
Microbios. 1992;71(286):27-32.
Escherichia coli concentration in sea water was determined by the MUG test after primary growth on membrane filters used to determine total coliforms or faecal coliforms. A good correlation (r = 0.86) was found between E. coli obtained from coliforms versus those from faecal coliforms. Verification procedures showed that all the MUG-positive colonies obtained on both media were E. coli. Evaluation of this data and the literature indicated that this technique for estimation of E. coli in sea water is a useful addition to laboratory procedures without generally increasing the time and the expense of the analysis of recreational water.
通过在用于测定总大肠菌群或粪大肠菌群的膜滤器上进行初次培养后，采用MUG试验测定海水中的大肠杆菌浓度。发现从总大肠菌群中获得的大肠杆菌与从粪大肠菌群中获得的大肠杆菌之间具有良好的相关性（r = 0.86）。验证程序表明，在两种培养基上获得的所有MUG阳性菌落均为大肠杆菌。对这些数据和文献的评估表明，这种用于估算海水中大肠杆菌的技术是实验室程序的有益补充，一般不会增加娱乐用水分析的时间和费用。
