Isolation and Identification of Pathogenic Microorganisms at Wastewater-irrigated Fields: Ratios in Air and Wastewater

Overview

Journal Appl Environ Microbiol

Specialties Environmental Health
Microbiology

Date 1980 Jun 1

PMID 6250476

Citations 7

Authors

B Teltsch

S Kedmi

L Bonnet

E KATZENELSON

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Abstract

Samples of air and corresponding wastewater samples were taken at wastewater spray-irrigated fields. The concentrations of salmonellae and enteroviruses present in these samples were determined and compared with those of coliforms, and the ratios between them were calculated. The most common Salmonella serotype in the air was Salmonella ohio, whereas in the wastewater, Salmonella anatum was the most common. Enteroviruses isolated and identified were poliovirus, echovirus, and coxsackievirus type B. From the ratios of salmonellas to coliforms and enteroviruses to coliforms in the air, as compared to these ratios in the wastewater, it was concluded that the suitability of coliforms as an indication of airborne contamination caused by spray irrigation is questionable.

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