Research Article
Comparison of Enterococcus Species Diversity in Marine Water and Wastewater Using Enterolert and EPA Method 1600
Table 2
Sources of samples and numbers of isolates analyzed for speciation using EPA Method 1600 and Enterolert.
| Source (no. of samples) | EPA Method 1600 | Enterolert | No. of isolates |
| Beaches (7) | 275 | 303 | 578 | Urban runoff (2) | 91 | 99 | 290 | Wastewater influent (4) | 126 | 130 | 256 | Wastewater effluent (4) | 129 | 126 | 255 | Culture (1) | 20 | 46 | 66 |
| Total | 621 | 658 | 1279 |
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