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Marine heterotrophic bacteria as indicators in the quality assessment of coastal waters: Introducing the “apparent bacterial concentration” approach

✍ Scribed by Giancarlo Sbrilli; Marco Cruscanti; Mario Bucci; Carlo Gaggi; Eros Bacci


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
132 KB
Volume
16
Category
Article
ISSN
0730-7268

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✦ Synopsis


A simplified fingerprint, obtained by counting the colonies of luminescent and nonluminescent bacteria developing on filters plated on a solid culture medium, was applied to obtain an indication of coastal water quality. Results from a reference area and three polluted sites (essentially by urban sewage) and their variations during the year are reported. A tentative characterization of the ''clean'' and polluted sites is made.