Enteric bacterial degradation of stream detritus
By: by Charles W. Hendricks. [Prepared] for the Office of Research and Monitoring, Environmental Protection Agency.
Contributors: United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Research and Monitoring.
Series: Water pollution control research series
Publisher: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
Published: 1972
Place of publication: [Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 105
Subjects: Freshwater microbiology.; Detritus.; Stream ecology.; Bacterial growth.
Description: To relate basal nutrients in the water and on the bottom of a warm, fresh water stream to their ability to support growth and multiplication of pathogenic and nonpathogenic enteric bacteria, three studies were designed including a river water quality analysis, respiration experiments, and continuous culture experiments. The presence of coliform bacteria primarily not producing intestinal disease, serves as indicators for potentially infectious microorganisms. Any growth by either coliform bacterial group or the disease producing organisms in the natural aquatic environment could significantly alter our present concepts of detection and surveillance of these organisms. Tests in detecting and analyzing polluted waters, and from levels of the self-purification potential, showed that Oconee River, a typically non-polluted stream of the North Georgia piedmont, is capable of supporting bacterial growth including coliforms.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 97-101.
"16050 EQS 12/71."