Fecal coliform definition

Fecal coliform means aerobic and facultative, Gram-negative, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria capable of growth at 44.5° C, and associated with fecal matter of warm-blooded animals;
Fecal coliform means the portion of the coliform group which is present in the gut or the feces of warm-blooded animals. It includes organisms which are capable of producing gas from lactose broth in a suitable culture medium within 24 hours at 44.5 + / - 0.2°C.
Fecal coliform means bacteria common to the digestive systems of warm-blooded animals that are cultured in standard tests. Counts of these organisms are typically used to indicate potential contamination from sewage or to describe a level of needed disinfection. Generally expressed as colonies per 100 ml.

Examples of Fecal coliform in a sentence

  • Fecal coliform bacteria in bottom sediments can remain viable for many weeks.

  • Fecal coliform concentrations and in situ water quality (temperature and salinity) have been monitored in Portage Bay and Lummi Bay by the LWRD in partnership with the DOH since 1989.

  • These ideal ranges are defined in the method as: Fecal coliform bacteria: 20-60 colonies Total coliform bacteria: 20-80 colonies B1.

  • Fecal coliform samples are analyzed by the state certified DOH laboratory in Shoreline, WA and in situ water quality parameters (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, specific conductivity, and salinity) are measured in the field by the LWRD.

  • Fecal coliform samples shall be picked up within two (2) to four (4) hours of the City's request.


More Definitions of Fecal coliform

Fecal coliform means any number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals whose presence in sanitary sewage is an indicator of pollution.
Fecal coliform means bacteria common to the digestive systems of warm-blooded animals that are cultured in standard tests. Counts of these organisms are typically used to indicate potential contamination from sewage or effluent or to describe a level of needed disinfection.
Fecal coliform means that portion of the coliform group which is present in the intestinal tracts and feces of warm-blooded animals as detected by the product of acid or gas from lactose in a suitable culture medium within twenty-four hours at 44.5 plus or minus 0.2 degrees Celsius.
Fecal coliform means any of a number of organisms common to the intestinal tract of man and animals, whose presence in sanitary sewer is an indicator of pollution.
Fecal coliform or "FC" means bacteria common to the diges- tive systems of warm-blooded animals that are cultured in standard tests. Counts of these organisms are typically used to indicate poten- tial contamination from sewage or to describe a level of needed disin- fection typically expressed in colony forming units/100 mL.
Fecal coliform means the portion of the coliform group of bacteria which is present in the intestinal tract of warmblooded animals, and is evidence of the presence of human or animal wastes.
Fecal coliform means a type of coliform bacteria found in the intestinal tract of humans and other warm-blooded animals.