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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2001, p. 3328-3330, Vol. 67, No. 7
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3328-3330.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Microbiological Analysis of Tube-Well Water in a Rural Area of Bangladesh

M. S. Islam,1 A. Siddika,1 M. N. H. Khan,1 M. M. Goldar,1 M. A. Sadique,1 A. N. M. H. Kabir,1 Anwar Huq,2,3 and R. R. Colwell2,3,*

International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh, Dhaka 1000, Bangladesh1; Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, Maryland 212022; and Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 207423

Received 8 February 2001/Accepted 20 April 2001

Five tube-wells in Matlab, Bangladesh, were selected for analysis of selected biophysicochemical parameters. The results showed that all tube-well water samples contained zooplankton and bacteria. Results for some of the parameters were outside the accepted limits recommended by the World Health Organization for drinking water. It is concluded that water from tube-wells should be treated if used as drinking water.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Center of Marine Biotechnology, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Suite 236, Columbus Center, 701 East Pratt St., Baltimore, MD 21202. Phone: (702) 292-8000. Fax: (702) 292-8000. E-mail: colwell{at}umbi.umd.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2001, p. 3328-3330, Vol. 67, No. 7
0099-2240/01/$04.00+0   DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.7.3328-3330.2001
Copyright © 2001, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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