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Presence of Thermophilic Bacteria in Laundry and Domestic Hot-Water Heaters

Author(s) -

Thomas D. Brock,

Kathryn L. Boylen

Publication year - 1973

Publication title -

applied microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0003-6919

DOI - 10.1128/am.25.1.72-76.1973

Subject(s) - thermophile , thermus aquaticus , laundry , bacteria , thermus , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , environmental science , food science , waste management , engineering , genetics

Thermophilic bacteria resemblingThermus aquaticus were isolated from hot water taken from domestic and commercial hot-water tanks. Cold water from the same locations never yielded thermophilic bacteria, suggesting that the bacteria were growing in the tanks. In contrast to theT. aquaticus isolates from hot springs, the present isolates were rarely pigmented. In general, the hotter sources more frequently yielded bacteria.

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