Occurrence of airborne bacteria and pathogen indicators during land application of sewage sludge.

abstract

• Glass impingers (AGI-30) were used at a commercial sludge application site to determine the levels of airborne bacteria and pathogen indicators. Even though heterotrophic bacteria averaged 10(5) CFU/m3, none of the sites showed the presence of Salmonella spp. or indicators such as fecal coliforms or coliphages. Indicators such as H2S producers and 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 genetic relatedness and origins of airborne clostridia.

authors

• Pillai, Suresh

published proceedings

• Appl Environ Microbiol

altmetric score

• 6

author list (cited authors)

• Pillai, S. D., Widmer, K. W., Dowd, S. E., & Ricke, S. C.

citation count

• 70

complete list of authors

• Pillai, SD||Widmer, KW||Dowd, SE||Ricke, SC

publication date

• January 1996

publisher

• American Society for Microbiology  Publisher

published in

• Applied and Environmental Microbiology  Journal

keywords

• Air Microbiology
• Bacteria
• Base Sequence
• Clostridium
• Coliphages
• DNA, Bacterial
• DNA, Ribosomal
• Hydrogen Sulfide
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Sewage
• Texas

PubMed Central ID

• 8572708

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1128/aem.62.1.296-299.1996

URI

• https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/179375

start page

• 296

end page

• 299

volume

• 62

issue

• 1

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1128%2Faem.62.1.296-299.1996