Distribution of Coliphages in Hong Kong Sewage
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- 1 January 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied Microbiology
- Vol. 20 (2) , 187-191
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.20.2.187-191.1970
Abstract
Coliphage content of sewage collected from 11 different localities in Hong Kong was determined. The number of plaque-forming units (PFU) ranged from 0.036 × 103 to 15.9 × 103 per ml. In general, urban sewage tended to be richer than rural sewage both in PFU count as well as plaque morphological variation. Seventy-seven isolates were subjected to a host range study. Fifty per cent of these were able to grow on Escherichia coli K-12 as well as E. coli B. Approximately 32% were found to be male specific, and the remaining 18% were K-12 specific although sex-indifferent.Keywords
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