CALIBRATION OF BIFIDOBACTERIAL INDICATORS FOR MICROBIAL WATER QUALITY MONITORING IN SOUTH AFRICA

Bonjoch X., Ballesté E. & Blanch A.R. Enumeration of bifidobacterial populations with selective media to determine the sourc e of waterborne fecal pollution, Water Research, United Kingdom, vol. 39/issue 8,pp 1621-1625, 2005.

Blanch A. R., Belanche- Muňoz L., Bonjoch X., Ebdon J., Gantzer C., Lucena F., Ottoson J., Kourtis C., Iversen A., Kühn I., Mocé L., Muniesa M., Schwartzbrod J., Skraber S., Papageorgiou T., Taylor H., Wallis J. & Jofre J. Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, United States of America, vol. 72/issue 9, pp 5915-5926, 2006.

Zuma B.M., Luyt C.D., Chirenda T.G. & Tandlich, R. Flood disaster management in South Africa: legislative framework and current challenges. Published in the peer- reviewed proceedings from the 2012 International Conference on Applied Life Sciences (ICALS2012) Konya, Turkey from 10th until 12th September, 2012, pp. 127-132 , 2012.

Luyt C.D., Tandlich, R., Muller W.J. & Wilhelmi, B. S. Microbial monitoring o f surface water in South Africa, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, vol. 9/issue 8, pp 2669-2693, 2012.

Beerens H. An elective and select ive isolation medium for Bifidobacterium spp. , Letters in Applied Microbiology, United Kingdom, vol. 11/issue 3, pp 155-157, 1990.

Tandlich R. Luyt C.D. & Muller W.J. Project No. K8/806: Progress report as 2 nd deliverable, Water Research Commission, South Africa, 2010.

APHA, AWWA & WEF. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater (20 th Edition), American Public Health Association, United States of America, 1998.

Wutor V.C., Togo C.A. & Pletschke B.I. Suitability of total coliform β-galactosidase activity and CFU counts in monitoring faecal contamination of environmental water samples, Water SA, South Africa, vol.35/issue 1, pp 85-88, 2009.

Jagals P., Grabow W.O.K. & De Villiers J. C. Evaluation of indicators for assessment of human and animal faecal pollution of surface run-off, Water Science and Technology, United Kingdom, vol. 31/issue 5, pp 235-241, 1995.

Bonjoch X., Ballesté E. & Blanch A.R. Enumeration of bifidobacterial populations with selective media to determine the sourc e of waterborne fecal pollution, Water Research, United Kingdom, vol. 39/issue 8,pp 1621-1625, 2005.

Blanch A. R., Belanche- Muňoz L., Bonjoch X., Ebdon J., Gantzer C., Lucena F., Ottoson J., Kourtis C., Iversen A., Kühn I., Mocé L., Muniesa M., Schwartzbrod J., Skraber S., Papageorgiou T., Taylor H., Wallis J. & Jofre J. Integrated analysis of established and novel microbial and chemical methods for microbial source tracking, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, United States of America, vol. 72/issue 9, pp 5915-5926, 2006.

Zuma B.M., Luyt C.D., Chirenda T.G. & Tandlich, R. Flood disaster management in South Africa: legislative framework and current challenges. Published in the peer- reviewed proceedings from the 2012 International Conference on Applied Life Sciences (ICALS2012) Konya, Turkey from 10th until 12th September, 2012, pp. 127-132 , 2012.

Luyt C.D., Tandlich, R., Muller W.J. & Wilhelmi, B. S. Microbial monitoring o f surface water in South Africa, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Switzerland, vol. 9/issue 8, pp 2669-2693, 2012.

Beerens H. An elective and select ive isolation medium for Bifidobacterium spp. , Letters in Applied Microbiology, United Kingdom, vol. 11/issue 3, pp 155-157, 1990.

Tandlich R. Luyt C.D. & Muller W.J. Project No. K8/806: Progress report as 2 nd deliverable, Water Research Commission, South Africa, 2010.

APHA, AWWA & WEF. Standard methods for the examination of water and wastewater (20 th Edition), American Public Health Association, United States of America, 1998.

Wutor V.C., Togo C.A. & Pletschke B.I. Suitability of total coliform β-galactosidase activity and CFU counts in monitoring faecal contamination of environmental water samples, Water SA, South Africa, vol.35/issue 1, pp 85-88, 2009.

Jagals P., Grabow W.O.K. & De Villiers J. C. Evaluation of indicators for assessment of human and animal faecal pollution of surface run-off, Water Science and Technology, United Kingdom, vol. 31/issue 5, pp 235-241, 1995.