| Literature DB >> 1517177 |
P W Ramteke1, J W Bhattacharjee, S P Pathak, N Kalra.
Abstract
The total and thermotolerant coliform counts in rural drinking water derived from ground water, piped supplies and surface water are reported for a number of areas in India. To evaluate these counts as indicators of recent faecal contamination the total coliforms and thermotolerant coliforms isolated have been identified. Thermotolerant Escherichia coli formed 11.7% of the total coliforms and 75.1% of the thermotolerant coliforms. Citrobacter sp. (20.4%) and Klebsiella sp. (50.9%) were the other common total coliforms isolated and, among the thermotolerant coliforms, Klebsiella sp. (16.4%) was the only other organism frequently encountered. The total coliform counts were significantly correlated with water temperature. The applicability in tropical areas of standards developed for temperate climates is discussed.Entities:
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Year: 1992 PMID： 1517177 DOI： 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1992.tb01846.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Appl Bacteriol ISSN： 0021-8847