OCCURRENCE OF AIRBORNE BACTERIA AND PATHOGEN INDICATORS DURING LAND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE-SLUDGE

Authors
PILLAI SD WIDMER KW DOWD SE RICKE SC
Citation
Sd. Pillai et al., OCCURRENCE OF AIRBORNE BACTERIA AND PATHOGEN INDICATORS DURING LAND APPLICATION OF SEWAGE-SLUDGE, Applied and environmental microbiology, 62(1), 1996, pp. 296-299
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology,"Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology
Journal title
Applied and environmental microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00992240
Volume
62
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
296 - 299
Database
ISI
SICI code
0099-2240(1996)62:1<296:OOABAP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
Glass impingers (AGI-30) were used at a commercial sludge application site to determine the levels of airborne bacteria and pathogen indicat ors. Even though heterotrophic bacteria averaged 10(5) CFU/m(3), none of the sites shelved the presence of Salmonella spp, or indicators suc h as fecal coliforms or coliphages. Indicators such as H2S producers a nd pathogenic clostridia were present in locations having significant physical agitation of the sludge material, PCR-based ribotyping using the 16S-23S interspacer region is a promising method to identify the g enetic relatedness and origins of airborne clostridia.