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A BACTERIAL METHOD FOR TRACING SEWAGE POLLUTION
Author(s) -
ROBSON JUNE E.
Publication year - 1956
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1956.tb00073.x
Subject(s) - sewage , effluent , tracing , serratia , pollution , environmental science , biology , pulp and paper industry , environmental engineering , bacteria , ecology , computer science , engineering , pseudomonas , genetics , operating system
SUMMARY:Serratia indica , added to raw sewage, has been used to discover the distribution of effluent material discharged into the sea. Results were obtained after six days, but a new variant of Sr. indica has been selected which should give identifiable colonies in 48 hr.