Description:
<jats:p>Widespread occurrences of <jats:italic>Klebsiella</jats:italic> in water distribution networks have resulted in much discussion about this organism's effect on public health and about action that should be taken when <jats:italic>Klebsiella</jats:italic> is detected in public water supplies. Results obtained during development and testing of an improved medium for detecting <jats:italic>Klebsiella</jats:italic> showed that the medium (M‐Kleb) has excellent differentiating characteristics and an average recovery rate of 94 percent for <jats:italic>Klebsiella.</jats:italic> This medium can also be used as a supplemental streak plate to demonstrate the presence of <jats:italic>Klebsiella</jats:italic> during membrane filter coliform verification or during the multipletube confirmation process.</jats:p>