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. 2003 Jul;69(7):4098–4102. doi: 10.1128/AEM.69.7.4098-4102.2003

TABLE 2.

Recovery efficiencies of E. coli (XL1-Blue) from 10 liters of groundwater and Rio Grande surface water

Water typea Avg turbidity (NTU)b E. coli input (cells/liter) Mean % recovery (SD)
Groundwater 0.3 2.0 × 106 96 (5.6)
Rio Grande water 29.2 9.0 × 105 89 (6.7)
22.8 2.4 × 103 92 (5.6)
a

Each experiment was repeated four times.

b

Values are averages of four different water samples.

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