this microbiology experiment which is water bacteriology
2006-09-20 01:48:12 · 4 answers · asked by amazing_sweet_angel 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Some coliforms can cause disease, and it also serves as an indicator of fecal contamination.
Another bacteria that can be (and is, some times) used for a sign of contamination is Clostridium perfringens.
2006-09-20 01:56:13 · answer #1 · answered by John V 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, DaveBurke got it right; coliform is so much more easily tested-for, and is therefore a "bellweather" for other more virulent pathogens which are usually present along with it. I got that from prof. Cheryl Wasserman at Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, fall 1992 semester.
2006-09-20 01:56:54 · answer #2 · answered by JackN 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I thought coliform bacteria was a pathogen.
2006-09-20 01:50:43 · answer #3 · answered by delujuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
coliform can be pathogenic, plus is the most common signal of sewage contamination, which would be the main provider of other more virulent pathogens.
2006-09-20 01:54:05 · answer #4 · answered by David B 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋