Project #2645

Development of Source-Specific Indicator Organisms for Drinking Water

$167,581
Completed
Principal Investigator
Sharon
Long
Research Manager
Linda J Reekie
Contractor
University of Massachusetts at Amherst
Microbes & Pathogens
Source Water Protection

Abstract

Establishes the potential for using source-specific indicator organisms (sorbitol-fermenting bifidobacteria and Rhodococcus coprophilus) to indicate human and grazing animal inputs to environmental waters. Published in 2002.