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  • BS ISO 8199 : 2005

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    WATER QUALITY - GENERAL GUIDANCE ON THE ENUMERATION OF MICRO-ORGANISMS BY CULTURE

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  31-01-2008

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2005

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    Foreword
    Introduction
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Principle
    4 General
    5 Diluents and culture media
    6 Sterilization of apparatus and glassware
    7 Samples
    8 Enumeration after inoculation of test portions
      of the sample in (or on) solid media
    9 Enumeration by inoculation in liquid media
    Annex A (informative) Criteria for the choice of
                          enumeration technique
    Annex B (informative) MPN tables
    Bibliography

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    Presents guidance for carrying out manipulations which are common to each technique for the microbiological examination of water, particularly the preparation of samples, culture media and apparatus.

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    Committee EH/3/4
    Development Note Supersedes BS 6068-4.2(1989). (10/2005) Renumbered and superseded by BS EN ISO 8199. (01/2008)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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    BS 8496:2007 Water quality. Enumeration of micro-organisms in water samples. Guidance on the estimation of variation of results with particular reference to the contribution of uncertainty of measurement

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    ISO 5725-1:1994 Accuracy (trueness and precision) of measurement methods and results — Part 1: General principles and definitions
    ISO/TS 11133-1:2009 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media Part 1: General guidelines on quality assurance for the preparation of culture media in the laboratory
    ISO 7704:1985 Water quality — Evaluation of membrane filters used for microbiological analyses
    ISO 6887-1:2017 Microbiology of the food chain — Preparation of test samples, initial suspension and decimal dilutions for microbiological examination — Part 1: General rules for the preparation of the initial suspension and decimal dilutions
    ISO 7218:2007 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs General requirements and guidance for microbiological examinations
    ISO 6107-8:1993 Water quality Vocabulary Part 8:
    ISO/TS 11133-2:2003 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Guidelines on preparation and production of culture media Part 2: Practical guidelines on performance testing of culture media
    ISO 5667-2:1991 Water quality Sampling Part 2: Guidance on sampling techniques
    ISO 5667-3:2012 Water quality Sampling Part 3: Preservation and handling of water samples
    ISO 16140:2003 Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs Protocol for the validation of alternative methods
    ISO/TR 13843:2000 Water quality Guidance on validation of microbiological methods
    ISO 3696:1987 Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods
    ISO 3534-1:2006 Statistics — Vocabulary and symbols — Part 1: General statistical terms and terms used in probability
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