Affiliation:
1. U.S. Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Dauphin Island, Alabama 36528,1
2. Department of Microbiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island 028812
3. U.S. Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C. 20204,3 and
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Male-specific bacteriophage (MSB) densities were determined in animal and human fecal wastes to assess their potential impact on aquatic environments. Fecal samples (1,031) from cattle, chickens, dairy cows, dogs, ducks, geese, goats, hogs, horses, seagulls, sheep, and humans as well as 64 sewerage samples were examined for MSB. All animal species were found to harbor MSB, although the great majority excreted these viruses at very low levels. The results from this study demonstrate that in areas affected by both human and animal wastes, wastewater treatment plants are the principal contributors of MSB to fresh, estuarine, and marine waters.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology
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