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Incidence of Aeromonas species in influent and effluent of urban wastewater purification plants
Author(s) -
Stecchini Mara Lucia,
Domenis Cristina
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1994.tb00952.x
Subject(s) - effluent , wastewater , geography , aeromonas , environmental engineering , humanities , environmental science , forestry , art , biology , bacteria , genetics
Influent and effluent samples from urban wastewater plants were examined for presumptive Aeromonas. Removal efficiency was comparatively low for both presumptive Aeromonas (96.5%) and faecal coliforms (95.8%). Starch ampicillin agar (SA) medium was superior to mA medium for selectivity, with 32.3% of typical colonies confirmed as Aeromonas spp., and for the recovery of Aer. veronii biotype veronii.