Open AccessCHARACTERISTICS OF THE COLON TYPE OF BACTERIA FOUND IN FECES
Author(s) -
Chester Arthur Darling
Publication year - 1919
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2330-9687
pISSN - 0271-4353
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.9.11.844
Subject(s) - feces , typhoid fever , dysentery , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , environmental health , veterinary medicine
Science does not yet differentiate between B. coli from various animal sources. Water showing fecal contaminatin may not have been polluted by man, and may be free from typhoid, paratyphoid, dysentery, etc. Condemnation as well as approval, therefore, should always be very carefully considered.