EN ISO 9308-1:2014

Water quality - Enumeration of Escherichia coli and coliform bacteria - Part 1: Membrane filtration method for waters with low bacterial background flora (ISO 9308-1:2014)

Publication date:   Dec 17, 2014

General information

60.60 Standard published   Sep 24, 2014

CEN

CEN/TC 230 Water analysis

European Norm

07.100.20   Microbiology of water

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Scope

ISO 9308-1:2014 specifies a method for the enumeration of Escherichia coli (E. coli) and coliform bacteria. The method is based on membrane filtration, subsequent culture on a chromogenic coliform agar medium, and calculation of the number of target organisms in the sample. Due to the low selectivity of the differential agar medium, background growth can interfere with the reliable enumeration of E. coli and coliform bacteria, for example, in surface waters or shallow well waters. This method is not suitable for these types of water.
ISO 9308-1:2014 is especially suitable for waters with low bacterial numbers that will cause less than 100 total colonies on chromogenic coliform agar (CCA). These may be drinking water, disinfected pool water, or finished water from drinking water treatment plants.
Some strains of E. coli which are β-D-glucuronidase negative, such as Escherichia coli O157, will not be detected as E. coli. As they are β-D-galactosidase positive, they will appear as coliform bacteria on this chromogenic agar.

Life cycle

PREVIOUSLY

WITHDRAWN
EN ISO 9308-1:2000

WITHDRAWN
EN ISO 9308-1:2000/AC:2008

NOW

PUBLISHED
EN ISO 9308-1:2014
60.60 Standard published
Sep 24, 2014

CORRIGENDA / AMENDMENTS

PUBLISHED
EN ISO 9308-1:2014/A1:2017