title: Modification of an approved medium for fecal coliform detection in seawater: A-1 medium minus salicin.
abstract: Four hundred fifteen shellfish seawater samples from approved, conditionally approved, and restricted areas along the coastlines of Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Maine were tested in duplicate to compare results obtained with A-1 medium (AOAC official method no. 978.23) and those obtained with A-1 medium without salicin. Four laboratories used five sets of most probable number procedures to perform the analyses. No statistically significant differences between the two media were found with the t test, the F test, or the analysis of variance.
authors.affiliation: Connecticut State Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Aquaculture, 190 Rogers Avenue. P.O. Box 97, Milford, Connecticut 06460-0097, USA. dept.agric@snet.net
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karolus
authors.forename: Mercuria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cumbo
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Boehler
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Savina
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003470:Culture Media / Q000737:chemistry; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D012623:Seawater; D012758:Shellfish / Q000382:microbiology*; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D003470:Culture Media