Coliform Bacteria and Water

Testing water for Coliform bacteria and their presence in water enables researchers to determine whether disease causing organisms are present in the water or environment.

Water Testing Labs for total coliform, fecal coliform, and E. coli bacteria

These three categories of coliform bacteria are measures of the water quality:

• Water testing for total coliform bacteria
  

  Commonly found in the environment, total coliform bacteria found during water testing are more probable to be from the environment rather than from feces, etc.

• Water testing for fecal coliform bacteria
  

  When fecal coliform bacteria are discovered to be in a water sample, it is often an indicator of recent contamination, which could mean that the bacteria / pathogens are possibly still present in the sample.

• Water testing for E. coli bacteria
  

  When E. coli is determined to be in a water sample, it is also an indicator of recent fecal contamination and it is again probable that pathogens / bacteria are still present in the water sample.

Water testing procedures for coliform bacteria:

• Membrane Filter
• Multiple Tube Fermentation
• MPN - Most Probable Number
• MMO-MUG ("Colilert")

Water Testing - Microbiology

• Aerobic Plate Count
• Coliforms Fecal
• Coliforms Total
• Water Coliforms detection test
• Cryptosporidium
• Cyclospora
• Giardia
• E. coli
• E.coli 0157
• Enterococci
• Fecal Streptococci
• Heterotrophic plate count
• Klebsiella
• Listeria
• Mold ID
• Potability Test
• Pseudomonas aeruginosa
• Yeast/Mold Count

Accugen's water testing laboratories provide quality service with quick turn around times in order to diagnosis any problems / issues with water samples so that our clients may take the correct steps to treatment of the water through disinfection or filtration, etc. Please call 800-282-7102 or email us at support@accugenlabs.com for microbiological water testing and analysis.