Pit latrines and their impacts on groundwater quality: a systematic review. [PDF]
, 2013 BackgroundPit latrines are one of the most common human excreta disposal systems in low-income countries, and their use is on the rise as countries aim to meet the sanitation-related target of the Millennium Development Goals.
Graham, Jay P, Polizzotto, Matthew L
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Citizen science in Lebanon—a case study for groundwater quality monitoring [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2019 Over the past decade, several citizen science projects have been launched, with a smaller subset addressing citizen scientists' involvement in water quality monitoring.
Rima Baalbaki +5 more
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Oregano essential oil-pectin edible films as anti-quorum sensing and food antimicrobial agents [PDF]
, 2014 Edible films can be used as carriers for antimicrobial compounds to assure food safety andquality; in addition, pathogenesis of food bacteria is related to a cell to cell communicationmechanism calledquorum sensing(QS).
Alvarez, María Victoria +8 more
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Microbiological Quality of Fresh Nopal Juice
Microorganisms, 2016 The consumption of fresh nopal cactus juice is widely popular among health-conscious consumers in Mexico. The juice is prepared from fresh cladodes that have only been rinsed with tap water and are not subjected to a pasteurization or terminal bacterial ...
Ana María Hernández-Anguiano +4 more
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Relationships of total coliform, fecal coliform, and organic pollution levels in the Tamagawa River.
NIPPON SUISAN GAKKAISHI, 1984 Total coliform (TC) and fecal coliform (FC) organisms were enumerated and isolated from water samples from several stations on the Tamagawas River and its tributaries in Tokyo. The level of these indicator bacteria and biochemical oxygen demand(BOD) markedly increased from the upper streams towards the lower reaches of this river system.
Akira HIRAISHI +2 more
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Assessment of Bacterial Accumulation and Environmental Factors in Sentinel Oysters and Estuarine Water Quality from the Phang Nga Estuary Area in Thailand. [PDF]
, 2018 This study characterized microbiological and chemical contamination of oyster meat and estuarine water in Phang Nga, Thailand. Pooled oyster meats (n = 144), estuarine waters (n = 96) and environmental parameters were collected from March, 2016 to ...
Atwill, Edward R +2 more
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Evaluation of minor pathogen intramammary infection, susceptibility parameters, and somatic cell counts on the development of new intramammary infections with major mastitis pathogens [PDF]
, 2012 Major mastitis pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and coliforms are usually considered more virulent and damaging to the udder than minor mastitis pathogens such as Corynebacterium spp.
Dohoo, I R +3 more
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Study of Slow Sand Filtration in Removing Total Coliforms and E.Coli
Jurnal Sains & Teknologi Lingkungan, 2015 This study was aimed to evaluate the performance of SSF in removing bacteria (Total Coliforms and E. Coli) in regard to grain size distribution and grain shape intermittently.
Ekha Yogafanny +2 more
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New methods to assess fecal contamination in beach water quality [PDF]
, 2015 The emerging paradigm in assessment of recreational water quality needs a basic information on microbial contamination. Recreational water is susceptible to fecal contamination which may increase in health risk associated with swimming in polluted ...
Kwan, Soo Chen +2 more
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Risk factors with the occurrence of parasites and coliform in vegetables from an agroindustry
Revista CeresIn this study, we evaluated the risk factors associated with the occurrence of total coliforms, thermotolerant coliforms, and intestinal parasite eggs in vegetables from an agroindustry in the city of Ibiúna - SP, Brazil.
Francisco Rafael Martins Soto +5 more
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