Friday, September 14, 2018

Microbiology LIMS: Bacteria Water Testing

By Patricia Reynolds


H2O is everything, it is in your body, the Earth you walk on and the food you eat. Your entire being depends on it, so you must be careful when you take it in. You can t just drink from anywhere all the time, you must check it. Microbiology LIMS bacteria water testing is very important if you want to keep healthy. But doing this has just become convenient, these days you can get a kit to help you from home.

There are many illnesses you could pick up from drinking contaminated H2O. These are the following, Salmonella, Cholera, Dysentery, E. Coli, Typhoid Fever and many more. A person can get these waterborne diseases not just through drinking it. Eating food that has been prepared with the contaminated liquid is also another way. You have to be vigilant and very cautious of the H20 you drink.

H2O directly from the ground may not show positive for contamination. However, it is possible that your source is getting contaminated from the surface. Coliform such as E. Coli are from sewage or animal waste, in full it stands for Escherichia coli. So you might not get sick right away but in time this contamination turns into disease. It is only downhill from there.

You might be in a bind trying to figure out if you should drink your H2O or not. Even the slightest suspicion should be taken seriously. When in doubt you should take a sample and send it to a state certified laboratory. It needs to be analyzed so that you can get the go-ahead if something is not wrong. However, you should take any suspicion seriously.

Taking a sample and sending it to the lab can take a while. It can also take forever until you hear if the sample has coliforms. In this case, it is better to get yourself a home kit, this way you won t be waiting for anyone you will know right then. The one that is good on the market is Bacteria EZ Cult 24 hour presence/ Absence of total coliforms. This kit will change the color of the water if it detects something bad.

So you may be wondering about how the kit works. The H2O that has coliforms when checked will change color, to blue under the UV light. Upon purchase, you need to buy two separate items, the kit, and the UV light. They do not come packaged together, though their prices are too bad either. The light can go from $20 to $8 depending on where you get it and the kit is about $14.

Those with private wells need to check for coliforms regularly. Specifically after it rains or whenever your private source of H2O is flooded. Your best bet is to drink bottled up H2O until you have checked and disinfected your stream. You don t want to wait too long to fo this because they can grow. You must also find the source as quickly as possible, so that you can deal with it.

Infected H2O is not something to be taken lightly, you survival depends on it. If you are not feeling okay or your streams seems a little strange. Get medical help and have your stream checked and cleared.




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