| Main Title |
Enumeration and Characterization of Bacteria Indigenous to a Shallow Water-Table Aquifer. |
| Author |
Wilson, J. T. ;
McNabb, J. F. ;
Balkwill, D. L. ;
Ghiorse, W. C. ;
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| CORP Author |
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. ;Cornell Univ., Ada, OK.;Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Lab., Ada, OK. |
| Year Published |
1983 |
| Report Number |
EPA-R-806931; EPA-600/J-83-021; |
| Stock Number |
PB83-229039 |
| Additional Subjects |
Bacteria ;
Aquifers ;
Water pollution ;
Soil microbiology ;
Cultivation ;
Biodeteration ;
Chlorobenzenes ;
Sampling ;
Depth ;
Toluene ;
Ethane ;
Ethylene ;
Oklahoma ;
Reprints ;
Vadose zone ;
Chlorobenzenes
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| NTIS |
PB83-229039 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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| Collation |
8p |
| Abstract |
Widespread pollution of ground water in the U.S. by organic compounds has kindled interest in the numbers of microbes that might be found in aquifers and associated regions of the deeper unsaturated zone, and in their ability to degrade organic pollutants. Newly developed techniques in microbial ecology allow the direct enumeration and examination of soil microbes without recourse to their cultivation on growth media. These techniques reduce many uncertainties associated with the use of culture media, such as the growth of contaminants or the failure of indigenous forms to grow on a particular medium. Samples were recovered aseptically from depths of 1.2, 3.0, and 5.0 meters (m) at the margin of a small floodplain near Lula, Oklahoma. Depth to the water table was 3.6 m; depth to bedrock was 6.0 m. Numbers of microbes were surprisingly similar at all three depths. Chlorobenzene was degraded in material from the vadose zone, while bromodichloromethane was degraded in material from the saturated zone. |
| Supplementary Notes |
Prepared in cooperation with Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY. |
| Availability Notes |
Pub. in Ground Water, v21 n2 p134-142 1983. |
| NTIS Title Notes |
Journal article. |
| Title Annotations |
Reprint: Enumeration and Characterization of Bacteria Indigenous to a Shallow Water-Table Aquifer. |
| PUB Date Free Form |
c1983 |
| Category Codes |
8H; 6F; 6M; 68D; 48G; 57H; 57Y |
| Primary Description |
600/15 |
| Document Type |
NT |
| Cataloging Source |
NTIS/MT |
| Control Number |
328721192 |
| Origin |
NTIS |
| Type |
CAT |
