• The coliform index is a rating of the purity of water based on a count of fecal bacteria. It is one of many tests done to assure sufficient water quality...
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  • A fecal coliform (British: faecal coliform) is a facultatively anaerobic, rod-shaped, gram-negative, non-sporulating bacterium. Coliform bacteria generally...
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    Coliform bacteria are defined as either motile or non-motile Gram-negative non-spore forming bacilli that possess β-galactosidase to produce acids and...
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  • indicators are total coliforms, fecal coliforms, E. coli, and enterococci. The presence of bacteria commonly found in human feces, termed coliform bacteria (e...
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    wetland habitat. Enhancement marsh effluent is disinfected to improve coliform index changes from birds using tertiary treatment enhancement marsh habitat...
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    means of moving from one host to another may be present in sewage. Coliform index measures the population of an organism commonly found in the intestines...
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    potassium, calcium, manganese, magnesium) Microorganisms such as fecal coliform bacteria (Escherichia coli), Cryptosporidium, and Giardia lamblia; see...
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    used in microbiology lab testing to identify an organism in the coliform group. A coliform is a gram negative, aerobic, or facultative anaerobic rod, which...
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    danger to humans but also to many species of animals. The levels of fecal coliform bacteria from human waste (feces and urine) in the river near Varanasi...
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    could not accommodate were dumped in the Balili River, leading to its high coliform levels—even higher than that of Manila Bay's. Baguio is also a planned...
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    infrastructure". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 October 2024. "Faecal coliform in Puducherry's Thengaithittu, Kuruchikuppam beaches exceeds safe limits"...
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    Ampicillin (category Multiple chemicals in an infobox that need indexing)
    demonstrated activity against gram-negative organisms such as H. influenzae, coliforms, and Proteus spp. Ampicillin is relatively inexpensive. In the United...
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    November 2001). "Shellac Formulations To Reduce Epiphytic Survival of Coliform Bacteria on Citrus Fruit Postharvest". Journal of Food Protection. 64 (11):...
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    observed, especially of parameters related to domestic effluent loads, as coliforms and ammonium. The area close to the mouth of the river was shown to be...
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    pollution or dilute the canal's water have failed. High ratios of fecal coliforms, deadly proportions of pathogens, and a low concentration of oxygen have...
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    on water sanitation in his spare time, investigating the level of fecal coliform contamination in the nearby Potomac River. Over the next five years, Smith...
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    Tamura, M (2009). "Detection of Illegal Dumping Sites by Using Vegetation Index and Land Surface Feature from High Resolution Satellite Images". Journal...
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    ongoing. The Duwamish River faces other types of pollution such as fecal coliform bacteria, caused by combined sewer overflows. If these overflows were to...
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  • "Microbial source tracking using host specific FAME profiles of fecal coliforms". Water Research. 40 (1): 67–74. doi:10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.019. PMID 16360192...
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    technology for conventional pollutants" (BCT) standards for reducing fecal coliform pathogen. Lastly, the court ordered the EPA to provide additional analysis...
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    Gram-positive bacteria. It is the selective and differential medium for coliforms. YM (yeast extract agar) has a low pH, deterring bacterial growth. MEA...
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    statement to say that rehabilitation had been successful. It said that fecal coliform levels are now within acceptable limits. Despite Boracay's soft opening...
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    most commonly used are total coliforms (TC) or fecal coliforms (FC), the latter also referred to as thermotolerant coliforms, such as Escherichia coli.: 52–53 ...
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    environmental advocates and the opposition but support from the general public. Coliform levels in several parts of the bay significantly declined since the cleanup...
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    been measured and studied, such as nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus), coliforms, metals, and pesticides. Measurements in the rivers near Dhaka show extremely...
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    rivers in Dhaka have severe pathogen pollution, as indicated by the fecal coliform count that is several hundred times higher than the recommended national...
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    lamblia Salmonella Norovirus and other viruses Parasitic worms (helminths). Coliform bacteria and fecal matter may also be detected in runoff. These bacteria...
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  • Nephelometric Units (FNU). Water sample of any 100 ml shall have zero coliform bacteria. For W02 Drinking Water Quality, the project requires drinking...
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    the Applegate River basin in 2004, and temperature, sedimentation, fecal coliform, and Escherichia coli (E. coli) TMDLs for the Bear Creek watershed in 2007...
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    [full citation needed] However, a study by the PWMG showed that fecal coliform levels in the headpond from June, July, and September 2009 exceeded 2,419...
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