@article{421c3b85252c4ea6abbfa4d09123f781,
title = "Flow cytometric bacterial cell counts challenge conventional heterotrophic plate counts for routine microbiological drinking water monitoring",
abstract = "Drinking water utilities and researchers continue to rely on the century-old heterotrophic plate counts (HPC) method for routine assessment of general microbiological water quality. Bacterial cell counting with flow cytometry (FCM) is one of a number of alternative methods that challenge this status quo and provide an opportunity for improved water quality monitoring. After more than a decade of application in drinking water research, FCM methodology is optimised and established for routine application, supported by a considerable amount of data from multiple full-scale studies. Bacterial cell concentrations obtained by FCM enable quantification of the entire bacterial community instead of the minute fraction of cultivable bacteria detected with HPC (typically ",
author = "{Van Nevel}, S. and S. Koetzsch and C.R. Proctor and M.D. Besmer and E.I. Prest and Vrouwenvelder, {Johannes S.} and A. Knezev and N. Boon and F. Hammes",
note = "KAUST Repository Item: Exported on 2020-10-01 Acknowledgements: Sam van Nevel was supported by the project grant no. G.0808.10N and the travel grant V424114N of the FWO Flanders and the Inter-University Attraction Pole (IUAP) {\textquoteleft}μ-manager{\textquoteright} funded by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO, 305 P7/25); Emmanuelle Prest and Hans Vrouwenvelder were supported by funding from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) and Evides Waterbedrijf; the Inter-University Attraction Pole (IUAP) {\textquoteleft}μ-manager{\textquoteright} funded by the Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO, 305 P7/25); Caitlin Proctor was supported by MERMAID, a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Initial Training Network, under grant number 607492. We thank Alina Nescerecka, the Kantonal Laboratory Z{\"u}rich, Industrielle Werke Basel – Wasserlabor (IWB) and Pidpa for the shared data, Lisa Neu for literature support and Synthia Maes for the critical reading of the manuscript.",
year = "2017",
month = feb,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1016/j.watres.2017.01.065",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "113",
pages = "191--206",
journal = "Water Research",
issn = "0043-1354",
publisher = "IWA Publishing",
}