ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Occurrence of Bacteria and Coli Bacteriophages
as Potential Indicators of Fecal Pollution of Vistula
River and Zegrze Reservoir
chemical pollution.
A. Miernik*
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Department of Microbial Ecology, Institute of Microbiology,
ul. Miecznikowa 1, 02-096 Warszawa, Poland
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2004;13(1):79-84
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ABSTRACT
This paper presents a sanitary state estimation of Zegrze man-made reservoir and Vistula river using
typical bacterial factors. The aim of this study was to introduce the possibility of the use of coli bacteriophages
as potential indicators of fecal polluted waters.
Zegrze Reservoir, as well as the examined Vistula sector, belong to microbiologically contaminated
waters. Especially in the summer period they are rich in coli-type and E.coli bacteria. The changes in E.coli
numbers were correlated with bacteria phage numbers.