对膜过滤培养物厌氧培养用于饮用水总大肠菌群分析的方法进行了评估，并与用棉签将过度生长的培养物接种到亮绿色胆汁肉汤中进行了对比。厌氧培养技术导致许多大肠菌群有机体被揭穿，因为过度生长，在标准技术中可能会被遗漏。然而，当厌氧培养时，许多大肠菌群未能检测出阳性。拭子接种技术和厌氧技术揭示了大肠菌群阳性样本的相似百分比。 包括5个参考文献，表1。

A method involving anaerobic incubation of membrane filtration cultures for total coliform analysis of drinking water is evaluated and contrasted with swab inoculation of overgrown cultures to brilliant green bile broth. The anaerobic incubation technique resulted in the unmasking of many coliform organisms that would have been missed in the standard technique because of overgrowth. Many coliform organisms failed to test positive, however, when incubated anaerobically. The swab inoculation technique and the anaerobic technique unmasked similar percentages of coliform-positive samples. Includes 5 references, table.