Title: Practical manual of groundwater microbiology /
Authors: Cullimore, D. Roy
Publisher: CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
Year: 2008
Subjects: Groundwater Microbiology Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Water Microbiology
Contents: Water Wells Have Natural Filters, the Challenge -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Feeding the Natural Filters -- 1.3 Other Factors Associated with Natural Filters -- 1.4 Maintaining the Natural Filters around Water Wells -- 1.5 Failure of the Natural Filters and Symptoms -- Microbes in Water Wells, the Good, the Bad -- And the Ugly -- 2.1 What are Microbes? -- 2.2 Where are Microbes? -- 2.3 Sterility, Health and Microbes -- 2.4 Bacterial Groups of Significance -- 2.5 Coliform Bacteria -- 2.5.1 Total Coliforms -- 2.5.2 Testing for Coliforms -- 2.5.3 Membrane Filtration -- 2.5.4 Most Probable Numbers -- 2.5.5 MUG Test -- 2.6 Iron Related Bacteria -- 2.7 Slime Forming Bacteria -- 2.8 Total Bacteria -- 2.8.1 Standard Plate Count (SPC) -- 2.8.2 Total Plate Count (TPC) -- 2.9 Microorganisms in Water Wells -- 2.10 Role of Molds (Fungi) -- 2.11 Role of Protozoa -- 2.12 Role of Viruses -- 2.13 Acute Gastrointestinal Illness (AGI) -- Sampling Procedures -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Sampling Water Wells.