Eijkman test, or differential coliform test,
or confirmed Escherichia coli count,
is a test used for the identification of
coliform bacteria from
warm-blooded animals based on the bacteria's ability to produce gas when grown in glucose media at 46°C (114.8°F).
The test to determine whether coliform bacteria come from warm-blooded animals. By means of this test it can be readily established if
water
Water is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula . It is a transparent, tasteless, odorless, and Color of water, nearly colorless chemical substance. It is the main constituent of Earth's hydrosphere and the fluids of all known liv ...
has been polluted by human and animal
defecation
Defecation (or defaecation) follows digestion and is the necessary biological process by which organisms eliminate a solid, semisolid, or liquid metabolic waste, waste material known as feces (or faeces) from the digestive tract via the anus o ...
containing
coli bacilli.
The test was introduced by
Christiaan Eijkman (1858–1930) in his paper in 1904.
References
{{Med-diagnostic-stub
Medical tests