Bacteria and the Assessment of Water Quality

TL Bott

doi:10.1520/STP34717S

SYMPOSIA PAPER Published: 01 January 1973

STP34717S

Bacteria and the Assessment of Water Quality

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Bacteria are important in the assessment of water quality because certain organisms may be used as indicators of pollution of various types, and because bacteria possess diverse metabolic capabilities that bring about the mineralization of substances, many of which other organisms are unable to use. The limitations of the widely used coliform procedures are discussed and some new approaches to the detection of organisms of fecal origin are presented.

Methods for determining bacterial biomass are presented. However, measures of bacterial activity are more desirable because it is activity that will affect water quality. Some recent approaches to the measurement of bacterial growth and metabolism directly in natural habitats are presented.

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Bott, TL

Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa.

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Developed by Committee: D19

Pages: 61–75

DOI: 10.1520/STP34717S

ISBN-EB: 978-0-8031-4626-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-8031-0114-2

Bacteria and the Assessment of Water Quality

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