Table of Contents

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

Abstract

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

General Product Information

Published
Document Type	Standard
Status	Current
Publisher	International Organization for Standardization
Pages
ISBN
Committee	TC 147
Supersedes	ISO 11731 : 1998