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[[Image:Helicobacterpylori0.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, a microbe commonly found in public water sources. Courtesy: [http://mib.uga.edu/research/labs/hoover Timothy Hoover (Franklin College)]]] | [[Image:Helicobacterpylori0.jpeg|thumb|300px|right|Electron micrograph of <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>, a microbe commonly found in public water sources. Courtesy: [http://mib.uga.edu/research/labs/hoover Timothy Hoover (Franklin College)]]] | ||
<i>[http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Helicobacter_pylori Helicobacter pylori]</i> | <i>[http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Helicobacter_pylori Helicobacter pylori]</i> is known to cause gastritis and peptic ulcers. | ||
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Revision as of 01:19, 4 November 2013
Introduction
From swimming pools to wells, chlorine is a common chemical used to disinfect water sources.
Microbial agents
Helicobacter pylori
Electron micrograph of Helicobacter pylori, a microbe commonly found in public water sources. Courtesy: Timothy Hoover (Franklin College)
Helicobacter pylori is known to cause gastritis and peptic ulcers.
Cryptosporidium
Immunofluorescence of Cryptosporidium, the microbe that caused an epidemic in Milwaukee in 1993. Over 104 deaths were credited to the waterborne microbe . Courtesy: H.D.A Lindquist (EPA)
Methods
Success rates
Alternative methods
References
Edited by Erika Jensen, student of Joan Slonczewski for BIOL 116 Information in Living Systems, 2013, Kenyon College.
