Fecal coliform question?!
Question: Fecal coliform question?
1. How does fecal coliform reproduce and spread?
2. Who discovered this bacterium?
3. What is its size? (I dont think "microscopic" is an answer. It might have to be more descriptive)
4. How is it classified?
5. Since it's harmful, how can it be treated?
Answers:
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here is a start for you A fecal coliform (sometimes faecal coliform) is a facultatively-anaerobic, rod-shaped, gram-negative, non-sporulating bacterium. Fecal coliforms are capable of growth in the presence of bile salts or similar surface agents, are oxidase negative, and produce acid and gas from lactose within 48 hours at 44 ± 0.5oC.[1]
Coliforms include genera that originate in feces (e.g. Escherichia) as well as genera not of fecal origin (e.g. Enterobacter, Klebsiella, Citrobacter). The assay is intended to be an indicator of fecal contamination; more specifically of E. coli which is an indicator microorganism for other pathogens that may be present in feces. Presence of fecal coliforms in water may not be directly harmful, and does not necessarily indicate the presence of feces.[1]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fe…