Main Title |
Near-Bottom Pelagic Bacteria at a Deep-Water Sewage Sludge Disposal Site. |
Author |
Takizawa, M. ;
Straube, W. L. ;
Hill, R. T. ;
Colwell, R. R. ;
|
CORP Author |
Center of Marine Biotechnology, Baltimore, MD.;Environmental Research Lab., Gulf Breeze, FL. |
Publisher |
c1994 |
Year Published |
1994 |
Report Number |
EPA-R-817791-01; EPA/600/J-94/005; |
Stock Number |
PB94-140753 |
Additional Subjects |
Bacteria ;
Sewage disposal ;
Sites ;
Coasts ;
Sewage sludge ;
Deep water ;
Culture media ;
Sampling ;
Response ;
Contamination ;
Plumes ;
Ocean bottom ;
Sediments ;
Pressure ;
Oceans ;
Temperature ;
Growth ;
Tables(Data) ;
Reprints ;
|
Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB94-140753 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
|
07/26/2022 |
|
Collation |
7p |
Abstract |
The epibenthic bacterial community at deep-ocean sewage sludge disposal site DWD-106, located approximately 106 miles (ca. 196 km) off the coast of New Jersey, was assessed for changes associated with the introduction of large amounts of sewage sludge. Mixed cultures and bacterial isolates obtained from water overlying sediment core samples collected at the deep-water (2,500 m) municipal sewage disposal site were tested for the ability to grow under in situ conditions of temperature and pressure. The responses of cultures collected at a DWD-106 station heavily impacted by sewage sludge were compared with those of samples collected from a station at the same depth which was not contaminated by sewage sludge. Significant differences were observed in the ability of mixed bacterial cultures and isolates from the two sites to grow under deep-sea pressure and temperature conditions. The levels of sludge contamination were established by enumerating Clostridium perfringens, a sewage indicator bacterium, in sediment samples from the two sites. (Copyright (c) 1993, American Society for Microbiology.) |