Table of Contents

Foreword<br>Introduction<br>1 Scope<br>2 Normative references<br>3 Terms and definitions<br>4 Principle<br>5 Apparatus and glassware<br>6 Culture media and reagents<br>7 Sampling<br>8 Procedure<br>9 Expression of results<br>10 Test report<br>11 Quality assurance<br>Annex A (informative) - Legionella species<br>Annex B (normative) - Culture media<br>Annex C (normative) - Diluents<br>Annex D (normative) - Acid solution<br>Annex E (informative) - Scraping or rubbing the<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;bacteria from membrane filters<br>Annex F (informative) - Centrifugation technique<br>Annex G (informative) - Indirect immunofluorescent<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;antibody assay for the identification of Legionella<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;species<br>Annex H (informative) - Performance data<br>Annex I (informative) - Pre-treatment of water related<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;matrices<br>Annex J (normative) - Decision matrix<br>Bibliography

Abstract

Describes culture methods for the isolation of Legionella and estimation of their numbers in water samples.

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Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	British Standards Institution
Pages
ISBN
Committee	EH/3/4
Supersedes	15/30266279 DC : 0 BS 6068-4.18(2004) : 2004 BS 6068-4.12(1998) : 1998 BS EN ISO 11731-2 : 2008