Bacteria, Enterococci

Sisältää seuraavat määritykset:

• Enterococcus

Intestinal enterococcus, like E. coli, are expression of faeces contamination, expressing the risk of developing water-borne intestinal infection. Enterococci are often found in excreta in people and in warm animals, but they can also be derived from the environment. As the enterococcus persist in the environment, they can express long before the contamination of the sampling moment.

As an enterococcus, E. coli is an animal or human excrete bactera. If E. coli is found in water, it is contaminated and therefore non-potable without a purification device.