Open AccessTHE PRESENCE OF FECAL AND NON-FECAL TYPES OF THE COLON BACILLUS IN VARIOUS TYPES OF WATER
Author(s) -
William Royal Stokes
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.9.8.571
Subject(s) - feces , fecal coliform , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , ecology , water quality
An investigation of the origin of members of the colon-aërogenes group. "High ratio" aërogenes come probably from grains or cereals, while "low ratio" colon betoken probable human contamination.