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Detection of coliphages and enteroviruses in sewage and aerosol from an activated sludge wastewater treatment plant
Author(s) -
Carducci A.,
Arrighi S.,
Ruschi A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.tb01042.x
Subject(s) - enterovirus , sewage , sewage treatment , activated sludge , wastewater , sewage sludge , environmental science , aerosol , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , chemistry , virology , virus , organic chemistry
Coliphages and enteroviruses were monitored over 12 months in sewage and air adjacent to an activated sludge plant. Both showed temporal variation but the mean count of phages in enterovirus‐positive samples was not significantly different from that in enterovirus‐negative samples. Hence coliphages are not necessarily a good indicator of enteroviruses in sewage and aerosols.