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The relative Abundance of Bacillus Coli Communis in River Water as an Index of the Self-Purification of Streams

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Edwin Oakes Jordan
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Associate Professor of Bacteriology in the University of Chicago.
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It is well known that fresh sewage always contains large numbers of the common colon bacillus. It is also true that when a water source is polluted with any considerable quantity of fresh sewage it is usually possible to demonstrate the presence of the colon bacillus in such water. Upon these familiar facts have been based various methods and conclusions of greater or less value to public hygiene.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1901

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