Incidence of coliphage in potable water supplies
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 54 (6) , 1632-1633
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.54.6.1632-1633.1988
Abstract
Samples of drinking water from different sources in greater Cairo, Egypt, and bottled drinking water were tested for total coliform, fecal coliform, and coliphage populations. Of the 147 samples tested, 4 samples were positive for both total coliforms and coliphage, 65 samples were negative for total coliforms, fecal coliforms, and coliphage, and 78 samples were positive for coliphage and negative for total coliforms and fecal coliforms. The incidence of coliphage in these potable water supplies reflects the probability of human pathogenic virus survival in these waters also.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: