DETECTION OF COLIPHAGES AND ENTEROVIRUSES IN SEWAGE AND AEROSOL FROM AN ACTIVATED-SLUDGE WASTE-WATER TREATMENT-PLANT

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作者
CARDUCCI, A
ARRIGHI, S
RUSCHI, A
机构
[1] Department of Experimental, Infective and Public Biomedicine, University of Pisa, Pisa
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10.1111/j.1472-765X.1995.tb01042.x
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
Coliphages and enteroviruses were monitored over 12 months in sewage and air adjacent to an activated sludge plant. Both showed temporal variation but the mean count of phages in enterovirus-positive samples was not significantly different from that in enterovirus-negative samples. Hence coliphages are not necessarily a good indicator of enteroviruses in sewage and aerosols.
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