Evaluation of Techniques for Measuring Microbial Hazards in Bathing Waters: A Comparative Study.

Recreational water quality is commonly monitored by means of culture based faecal indicator organism (FIOs) assays. However, these methods are costly and time-consuming; a serious disadvantage when combined with issues such as non-specificity and user bias. New culture and molecular methods have bee...

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Published in:	PLoS ONE
Main Authors:	Christelle Schang, Rebekah Henry, Peter A Kolotelo, Toby Prosser, Nick Crosbie, Trish Grant, Darren Cottam, Peter O'Brien, Scott Coutts, Ana Deletic, David T McCarthy
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Online Access:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0155848&type=printable