title: Comparative study of methods for the enumeration of total and fecal coliforms in the eastern oyster, Crassostrea virginica.
abstract: Violet red bile agar and Coli-Count Sampler (Millipore Corp.) procedures were shown to be acceptable alternatives to the standard most-probable-number method for monitoring relative coliform levels in oysters.
mesh_terms: D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D010125:Ostreidae