New methods to assess bacterial injury in water.
Two methods are described for measurement of bacterial injury in water. Laboratory time preceding cell division measured with slide cultures and spheroplast formation after lysozyme treatment were accurate and rapid measurements of bacterial damage.
D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002455:Cell Division; D003470:Culture Media; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000254:growth & development; D009113:Muramidase / Q000494:pharmacology; D013104:Spheroplasts / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014867:Water / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014871:Water Microbiology
D003470:Culture Media; D014867:Water; D009113:Muramidase