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Clostridium perfringens (Holland) as an indicator of human effluent in the sediment of Lake Tuomiojärvi, central Finland
Kaj Granbergsubject
PollutionSpore forming bacteriaEcologymedia_common.quotation_subjectfungiSedimentClostridium perfringensmedicine.disease_causePaleolimnologyEnvironmental chemistrymedicineEnvironmental scienceEutrophicationEffluentmedia_commondescription
The horizontal and vertical distribution of the gram-positive, non-motile, spore-forming and rod-shaped bacterium Clostridium perfringens Holland was studied. The aim of the study was to estimate the quantity of C. perfringens at different depths of the sediment and evaluate the effect of human effluent which the lake received between 1940 and 1956. C. perfringens lives in the colon of man. Because it is spore forming and cannot multiply under a temperature of 20 °C and, according to the studies of Seppanen et al. (1979) it can be at least 300 years old, it may be a suitable paleolimnological indicator of pollution by human effluent.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983-01-01 |