MICROSCOPICAL EXAMINATION 89
MICROSCOPICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 91
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION 92
APPARATUS 92
SAMPLE BOTTLES 92
PIPETTES 92
DILUTION BOTTLES 92
PETRI DISHES 92
FERMENTATION TUBES 92
MATERIALS 93
WATER 93
MEAT EXTRACT 93
PEPTONE 93
SUGARS 93
AGAR 93
GELATIN 93
LITMUS 93
GENERAL CHEMICALS 93
METHODS 93
PREPARATION OF CULTURE MEDIA 93
TITRATION 93
STERILIZATION 94
NUTRIENT BROTH 95
SUGAR BROTHS 95
NUTRIENT GELATIN 95
NUTRIENT AGAR 96
LITMUS OR AZOLITMIN SOLUTION 96
LITMUS-LACTOSE-AGAR 97
ENDO’S MEDIUM 97
COLLECTION OF SAMPLE 98
STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SAMPLE 98
DILUTIONS 98
PLATING 99
INCUBATION 99
COUNTING 99
THE TEST FOR THE PRESENCE OF MEMBERS OF THE B. COLI GROUP 100
PRESUMPTIVE TEST 100
PARTIALLY CONFIRMED TEST 101
COMPLETED TEST 102
APPLICATION OF THESE TESTS 102
EXPRESSION OF RESULTS 103
SUMMARY OF THESE TESTS 104
INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS 106
DIFFERENTIATION OF FECAL FROM NON-FECAL MEMBERS OF THE B.
COLI GROUP 106
METHYL RED TEST 107
VOGES-PROSKAUER TEST 108
ROUTINE PROCEDURE FOR BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION 108
BACTERIOLOGICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY 110