title: Short incubation of presumptive media for detection of fecal coliforms in shellfish.
abstract: Positive fecal coliform most-probable number results were compiled from 7,701 shellfish samples examined over 9 years. Generally, less than 2% of all positive reactions in EC medium are results of inoculations from presumptive media positive at the maximum (48-h) incubation period.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D049872:Bivalvia / Q000382:microbiology; D003470:Culture Media; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008974:Mollusca / Q000382:microbiology*; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media