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Study Coliform lecture notes PDF with microbiology definitions and explanation to study What is Coliform?. Study coliform explanation with microbiology terms to review microbiology course for online degree programs.

Coliform Definitions:

  1. A Gram-negative, nonsporing, facultative rod that ferments lactose with gas formation within 48 hours at 35?C.

    Prescott's Microbiology 9th Edition by Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood, Christopher J. Woolverton



  2. A collective term that includes normal enteric bacteria that are gram-negative and lactose-fermenting.

    Foundations in Microbiology by Kathleen Park Talaro, Arthur Talaro



Coliform Notes:

Coliform bacteria are the gram-negative, rod-shaped bacteria and non-spore bacteria, which may be motile or non-motile. When coliform bacteria are incubated at 35-37 °C, they can ferment lactose with the production of gas and acid.

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