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. 2010 Oct 8;76(23):7803–7810. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01235-10

TABLE 6.

ATP approach comparability study: somatic coliphages

Waste location Chlorine disinfection Dilution (ml/liters) No. of samples positive by assay:
Total no. of samples
EPA 1601 STEP-1 Fluorescence
M 10-15-08 No 2.25/4.5 15 15 16 20
L 09-09-08 No 4.5/4.5 12 10 11 20
SA 12-18-08 No 0.35/4.5 10 6 7 20
L 06-26-08 Yes 10/4.5 15 13 7 20
O 123008 No 1.9/4.5 10 9 11 20
O 010209 Yes 280/4,220 5 4 3 20
Sum 67 57 55 120
% positive 55.8 47.5 45.8