Table 7.11International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards for detection and enumeration of faecal indicator organisms in water

ISO standardTitle (water quality)
6461-1:1986Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia)—Part 1: Method by enrichment in a liquid medium
6461-2:1986Detection and enumeration of the spores of sulfite-reducing anaerobes (clostridia)—Part 2: Method by membrane filtration
7704:1985Evaluation of membrane filters used for microbiological analyses
9308-1:2000Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria—Part 1: Membrane filtration method
9308-2:1990Detection and enumeration of coliform organisms, thermotolerant coliform organisms and presumptive Escherichia coli—Part 2: Multiple tube (most probable number) method
9308-3:1998Detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria—Part 3: Miniaturized method (most probable number) for the detection and enumeration of E. coli in surface and waste water
10705-1:1995Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages—Part 1: Enumeration of F-specific RNA bacteriophages
10705-2:2000Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages—Part 2: Enumeration of somatic coliphages
10705-3:2003Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages—Part 3: Validation of methods for concentration of bacteriophages from water
10705-4:2001Detection and enumeration of bacteriophages—Part 4: Enumeration of bacteriophages infecting Bacteroides fragilis

From: 7, Microbial aspects

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