Comparative survival of indicator bacteria and enteric pathogens in well water.

Effect of sunlight and UV light on the survival of Indicator bacteria and enteric pathogens in estuarine water

Mortality of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Two Soils with Different Physical and Chemical Properties

Wild and domesticated animals can harbor a pathogenic Escherichia colt strain designated as O157:H7. Potential health problems could occur if strain O157:H7 is a more robust survivor in defecated waste than commonly used indicator bacteria. A laboratory study was conducted to assess E. colt O157:H7 survival relative to a nonpathogenie E. colt strain in two soils with different physical and chem...

Alternative Microbial Indicators of Faecal Pollution: Current Perspective

Worldwide coliform bacteria are used as indicators of fecal contamination and hence, the possible presence of disease causing organisms. Therefore, it is important to understand the potential and limitations of these indicator organisms before realistically implementing guidelines and regulations to safeguard our water resources and public health. This review addresses the limitations of curren...

Distribution of potentially pathogenic enteric bacteria in coastal sea waters along the Southern Kerala Coast, India.

This study evaluated the relationship between the traditional indicators of faecal pollution, total coliforms (TC), faecal coliforms (FC) and Faecalstreptococci (FS), and the presence of few potentially pathogenic enteric bacteria, Vibrio cholerae (VC), Vibrio parahaemolyticus (VP), Shigella spp. (SH) and Salmonella spp. (SL) in coastal sea water. The distributional statuses of these bacteria w...

Physicochemical Factors Influence the Abundance and Culturability of Human Enteric Pathogens and Fecal Indicator Organisms in Estuarine Water and Sediment

To assess fecal pollution in coastal waters, current monitoring is reliant on culture-based enumeration of bacterial indicators, which does not account for the presence of viable but non-culturable or sediment-associated micro-organisms, preventing effective quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA). Seasonal variability in viable but non-culturable or sediment-associated bacteria challenge...