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Distribution and Characteristics of Coliform Bacteria in Groundwater of Yeungnam Province  

Lee In-Hwan (Graduate School of Education, University of Ulsan)
Kim Soo-Kyung (Graduate School of Education, University of Ulsan)
Choi Yun-Hee (Graduate School of Education, University of Ulsan)
Kim Jong-Seol (Graduate School of Education, University of Ulsan)
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Korean Journal of Microbiology / v.42, no.2, 2006 , pp. 95-102 More about this Journal
Abstract
To evaluate bacteriological water quality of groundwater in Yeungnam Province, samples were taken from 123 locations during summer and 117 locations during winter. The medians of heterotrophic plate counts.(HPCs) were 30 CFU/mL for the summer samples and 40 CFU/ml for the winter, and more than 25% showed HPCs higher than 100 CFU/ml. Coliform bacteria were detected from 46% of the summer samples and 30% of the winter. In these coliform-positive samples, the medians of coliform counts were 20 CFU/ml for the summer samples and 4 CFU/ml for the winter. Genera such as Citrobacter, Enterobacter, Escherichia, Klebsielia, Pantoea, Rahnellia, and Serratia were identified from the coliform isolates; among them, 48% were members of the genus Enterobacter. While E. cloacae, E. amnigenus, and K. pneumoniae were the most frequently isolated species, E. coli was isolated only from 1 location. The coliform counts were positively correlated with the HPCs, which also positively correlated with water temperature. The results of present study provide further insight on the extent of groundwater contamination with coliform bacteria.
Keywords
coliform bacteria; groundwater; heterotrophic plate count; water quality;
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