"Comparison of Membrane Filtration Methods for the Recovery of Legionellae From Naturally Contaminated Domestic Drinking Water Supplies."

According to the authors' abstract of an article published in Zentralblatt Fur Hygiene und Umweltmedizin, "We compared four methods for the cultural recovery of legionellae from naturally contaminated water samples: (A) inoculating 1 and 0.1 ml directly on the selective solid growth medium, (B) filtration through cellulose nitrate membrane filters and inoculating the resuspended residue corresponding to 100 and 10 ml of the original sample on the medium, (C) filtration through polycarbonate filters and inoculating the resuspended residue corresponding to 100 and 10 ml of the original sample, and (D) filtration of 100 and 10 ml through cellulose nitrate filters and incubating the filter...

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