... H.J., and Cromar, N.J. (2002) Enumeration of faecal coliforms from recreational coastal sites: evaluation of techniques for the separation of bacteria from sediments. J. Appl. Microbiol., Vol.93, ... visualized by UV illumination. Evaluation of recovery rate of preparation method for viruses in sediment As a surrogate of RNA viruses, Sabin strain of Poliovirus type 1 was spiked into the sediment ... capsid of approximately 25 nm diameter. This virus was also used by Gerba et al. (1977) for evaluation of the method. Recovery rate was evaluated by dividing amount of spiked Poliovirus by amount of...