Coliform bacteria definition

Coliform bacteria means all the aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, gram-negative, nonsporeforming bacilli that produce acid and gas from the fermentation of lactose.
Coliform bacteria means a group of rod-shaped bacteria found in the gastrointestinal tract of vertebrate animals. The presence of coliform bacteria in water is an indicator of possible fecal contamination.
Coliform bacteria means all aerobic and facultative anaerobic, gram-negative, non-spore forming, rod-shaped bacteria which ferment lactose with gas formation within forty eight hours at thirty-five degrees Celsius.

Examples of Coliform bacteria in a sentence

  • The Contractor will provide source water lab analysis from the active well(s), for total Coliform bacteria for investigation of bacteriological contamination whenever a routine distribution sample lab analysis tests positive for coliform.


More Definitions of Coliform bacteria

Coliform bacteria means all of the aerobic and facultative anaerobic, gram-negative, nonspore-forming, rod-shaped bacteria that ferment lactose with gas formation within forty-eight hours at thirty-five degrees Celsius.
Coliform bacteria or “total coliform” means aerobic or facultative anaerobic, gram- negative, non-spore forming, rod shaped bacteria included in the genera Klebsiella, Enterobacter, Escherichia and Citrobacteria. Coliform bacteria originate in soil, vegetation or the intestinal tract of warm-blooded animals. The presence of coliform bacteria in a water sample indicate the presence of a pathway for bacteria and possibly pathogens to gain entry into a water supply system.
Coliform bacteria means any of the enterobacteriaceae group, including all aerobic and facultative anaerobic gram-negative, nonspore-forming bacilli which utilize lactose with or without the formation of gas.
Coliform bacteria means rod-shaped, gram negative aerobic and facultatively anaerobic non- spore forming bacteria that ferment lactose, producing gas and acid in the process;
Coliform bacteria means bacteria associated with the intestinal waste of humans or other warm-blooded animals and is an indicator of the possible presence of a disease- producing organism;
Coliform bacteria or “total coliform” means aerobic or facultative anaerobic,
Coliform bacteria means rod-shaped, gram negative aerobic and facultatively anaerobic non- spore forming bacteria that ferment lactose, producing gas and acid in the process, by using the mediums and methods prescribed in paragraph 4, 5 or 11 of Annex A;