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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2287-2289, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2287-2289.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Recovery of Escherichia coli from Soil after Addition of Sterile Organic Wastes

Adrian Unc,* Julie Gardner, and Susan Springthorpe

University of Ottawa, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Received 17 June 2005/ Accepted 9 January 2006

Laboratory batch tests indicate that addition of sterile municipal sewage biosolids to clay soil from four depths increases the numbers of Escherichia coli isolates recoverable in EC-MUG broth (EC broth with 4-methylumbelliferyl-ß-glucuronide). This effect was most marked for the deeper soil layers, with increases of about 2.6 orders of magnitude in E. coli most probable number.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: University of Ottawa, Centre for Research on Environmental Microbiology, 451 Smyth Rd., Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8M5, Canada. Phone: (613) 562-5800, ext. 8568. Fax: (613) 562-5452. E-mail: aunc{at}uottawa.ca.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, March 2006, p. 2287-2289, Vol. 72, No. 3
0099-2240/06/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.72.3.2287-2289.2006
Copyright © 2006, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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