

@article {7837,
	title = {A Study of Campylobacter in Sewage, Sewage Sludge and in River Water},
	journal = {Water Science and Technology},
	volume = {24},
	number = {2},
	year = {1991},
	month = {07/01},
	pages = {117},
	abstract = {<p>This study is aimed at determining the occurrence of campylobacters in waste water, sewage sludge and in a river system. The selective medium for the isolation of campylobacter consists of blood agar supplemented with the antibiotics vancomycin (10 \&Acirc;\&micro;g/ml), cephalexin (15 \&Acirc;\&micro;g/ml), trimethoprim (5 \&Acirc;\&micro;g/ml), polymycin B (2.5 \&Acirc;\&micro;g/ml) and rifampicin (5 \&Acirc;\&micro;g/ml). Raw sewage samples contained about 103 Campylobacter/100 ml while the effluent showed an average concentration of 1.3 \&Atilde;\&mdash; 102/100 ml. Raw sewage from an oxidation pond treatment plant contained an average of 51 Campylobacter/100 ml while none were found in the effluent. No Campylobacter could be found in digested, conditioned sludge. The organism could be detected in 82.1\% of river waters examined with the majority showing \&lt;10/100 ml. The presence of waterfowl and the faecal contamination from a poultry farm resulted in higher Campylobacter levels. About 50 \% of the isolates typed as C. coli were really confirmed as C. jejuni by electrophoretic pattern (whole cell protein profiles).</p>
},
	url = {http://wst.iwaponline.com/content/24/2/117.abstract},
	author = {Stelzer, W and Jacob, J}
}
