TABLE 1.
Bacterial numbers in potable water determined by microfluidic-based system for counting and fluorescence microscopy
| Methoda | Total bacterial no. (cells/ml)c in sample |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Tap waterb 1 | Tap water 2 | Groundwater | |
| Microfluidics | 1.1 (± 0.33) × 105 | 3.7 (± 1.1) × 105 | 2.4 (± 0.31) × 106 |
| EFM | 1.5 (± 0.23) × 105 | 5.1 (± 1.2) × 105 | 3.0 (± 0.42) × 106 |
a
Microfluidics, microfluidic-based system for counting; EFM, epifluorescence microscopy.
b
Purified household tap water.
c
Numbers in parentheses indicate standard deviations (n = 5).