Detection of industrial pollutants and toxic chemical wastes in sewage treatment plant influents by use of a biological monitor.
Heterogeneous mixtures of toxic chemical wastes affecting the normal operations of a sewage treatment facility employing anaerobic digestion were detected by dark-field observation of uncoordinate flagellar orientation patterns displayed by cells of Spirillum volutans. These results were compared with plant parameters determined by gas production, volatile fatty acids, and alkalinity measurements.
McElroy
L J
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Department of Microbiology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, The Pennsylvania State University, Beaver Campus, Monaca, Pennsylvania 15061.