Health-relevant microorganisms present in natural surface waters and engineered treatment
systems that are exposed to sunlight can be inactivated by a complex set of interacting …

Enterococci are common, commensal members of gut communities in mammals and birds,
yet they are also opportunistic pathogens that cause millions of human and animal infections …

Wastewater Microbiology focuses on microbial contaminants found in wastewater, methods
of detection for these contaminants, and methods of cleansing water of microbial …

This comprehensive text provides the reader with both a detailed reference and a unified
course on wastewater treatment. Aimed at scientists and engineers, it deals with the …

Fungi of the hyphomycete genus Metarhizium have been isolated from infected insects and
soil of all continents except Antarctica, and there have been isolations from near the …

Sunlight inactivation in fresh (river) water of fecal coliforms, enterococci, Escherichia coli,
somatic coliphages, and F-RNA phages from waste stabilization pond (WSP) effluent was …

Singlet oxygen (1O2) plays an important role in the inactivation of pathogens and the
degradation of organic contaminants. The present study looks at the surface steady-state …

Enteric bacteria exposed to the marine environment simultaneously encounter a variety of
abiotic and biotic challenges. Among the former, light appears to be critical in affecting …

Potential fecal contamination of sand in the wave-washed zone of public bathing beaches is
overlooked in beach monitoring programs. Activity in this zone can bring pathogens to the …

Bactericidal action of illuminated TiO2 on pure culture of Escherichia coli K12 and bacterial
consortium was studied. Photocatalytic E. coli inactivation rate was dependent on the …