Microbiological and physiochemical analysis of drinking water in Georgetown, Guyana

Rajini Kurup, Roland Persaud, John Caesar, Vincent Raja

2010 · 18 citations · 6 references

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Abstract

To determine microbial and physio-chemical analysis of water samples and biofilm samples taken from residential and GWI sites of Georgetown, Guyana. Physio- chemical analysis includes analysis of pH, total chlorine, and turbidity, COD, BOD and total Iron. Microbial analysis includes the presence of different microbes in biofilm as well as water samples within sites. Overall the most prevalent species in biofilm and water samples within the study was Lactobacillus sp. while the least prevalent species was Salmonella sp. (Nature and Science 2010;8(8):261-265). (ISSN: 1545-0740).

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