Article
Biochemical fingerprinting of water coliform bacteria, a new method for measuring phenotypic diversity and for comparing different bacterial populations.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Nov 1991
Kühn I, Allestam G, Stenström T A, Möllby R
Abstract excerpt
A simple, automated microplate system for biochemical characterization of water isolates can be used to obtain fingerprints of the bacterial flora from various water samples. Mathematical models for calculating the diversities and similarities between bacterial populations are described for such fingerprints. The diversity may give information on whether an indigenous or allochthonous flora is present, and the...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Enterobacteriaceae
- Indicators and Reagents
- Phenotype
- Reproducibility of Results
- Water Microbiology
- Water Pollution