Relationship between bacterial counts and endotoxin concentrations in the air of wastewater treatment plants.

AUTOR(ES)

Laitinen, S

RESUMO

The relationship between bacterial counts and endotoxin concentrations in air samples was studied. Selective EMB medium favored the growth of a larger portion of airborne gram-negative bacteria than LES Endo or MacConkey medium and was a good predictor of the endotoxin levels determined with a chromogenic Limulus assay of the air of wastewater treatment plants. The bacterial counts determined with nonselective media correlated poorly with airborne endotoxin levels; however, R2A medium yielded higher viable bacterial counts than TYG medium. Direct counting by epifluorescence microscopy yielded the highest bacterial counts, but no correlation was obtained between total bacterial counts and endotoxin concentrations.

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