Talk:Coliform bacteria
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[edit] Merge With Fecal coliforms
This page needs to be merged with fecal coliforms and linked to feces and drinking water
- Agreed, added merge stub a few weeks ago. S-man64 09:57, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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- Disagree. A fecal coliform is only one type of coliform, so it would not be appropriate to merge as proposed. There are many coliforms that are not fecal coliforms. Reference EPA's definition:
Total Coliforms are a group of closely related, mostly harmless bacteria that live in soil and water as well as the gut of animals. The extent to which total coliforms are present in the source water can indicate the general quality of that water and the likelihood that the water is fecally contaminated. Total coliforms are currently controlled in drinking water regulations (i.e., Total Coliform Rule) because their presence above the standard indicates problems in treatment or in the distribution system. EPA requires all public water systems to monitor for total coliforms in distribution systems. If total coliforms are found, then the public water system must further analyze that total coliform-positive sample to determine if specific types of coliforms (i.e., fecal coliforms or E. coli) are present.
- Thus I've removed the merge stub. --Microbiojen 18:27, 21 November 2006 (UTC)
- Disagree. A fecal coliform is only one type of coliform, so it would not be appropriate to merge as proposed. There are many coliforms that are not fecal coliforms. Reference EPA's definition:
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as stub, and the rating on other projects was brought up to Stub class. BetacommandBot 16:25, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
