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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
![](/images/thumb/f/f9/Helicobacterpylori0.jpeg/300px-Helicobacterpylori0.jpeg)
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
![](/images/thumb/a/aa/Cryptosporidium1.jpeg/300px-Cryptosporidium1.jpeg)
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.