About coliform bacteria

Posted on May 9, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Benjie Villamil
benjie1918@yahoo.com
8 May 2006

Re: Coliform bacteria not dangerous to bangus or humans

The presence of fecal coilform bacteria in aquatic environments indicates that the water has been contaminated with the fecal material of man or other animals. At the time this occurred, the source water may have been contaminated by pathogens or disease producing bacteria or viruses which can also exist in fecal material. Some waterborne pathogenic diseases include typhoid fever, viral and bacterial gastroenteritis and hepatitis A. The presence of fecal contamination is an indicator that a potential health risk exists for individual exposed to this water. Fecal coliform bacteria may occur in ambient water as a result of the overflow of domestic sewage or nonpoint sources of human and animal waste.