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A method for the enumeration of Aeromonas bacteriophage in aquatic environments
Author(s) -
Flint K.P.
Publication year - 1996
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.1996.tb01152.x
Subject(s) - bacteriophage , coliphage , aeromonas , sewage , effluent , biology , aeromonas caviae , microbiology and biotechnology , outfall , aeromonas hydrophila , bacteria , environmental science , escherichia coli , environmental engineering , biochemistry , genetics , gene
K.P. FLINT. 1996. Bacteriophage were isolated against type strains and environmental isolates of Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas sobria and Aeromonas caviae . A most probable number method for estimating the number of bacteriophage in a water sample was devised and tested using some of these isolates. The maximum number of bacteriophage against all three type strains were found in water from below a sewage effluent outfall. This corresponds to the increased numbers of each species of bacterium also found in this water sample. High numbers of bacteriophage against Aer. hydrophila were also found in the lake sample examined. Bacteriophage against Aer. caviae were rare in water samples other than those contaminated with sewage effluent.