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The Significance of Bacillus Coli in Drinking Water

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

William G. Savage
Affiliation:
Lecturer on Bacteriology, University College, Cardiff; Bacteriologist to the Cardiff and Country Public Health Laboratory
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Of late years the bacteriological examination of water has become of greater importance in routine work and more widely employed. With this development it has become increasingly apparent that the mere number of organisms present in a given quantity of water, though of considerable value, is liable to cause many fallacies of solely relied upon.

Type
Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1902

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