[Sanitary and bacteriological characteristics of water of the lower Don].
The long-term data on the monitoring of bacterial quality of water in the Don River are reported in the article. The evaluation of the epidemiological significance of indicators of microbial pollution of surface water body has been performed Group of Enteric Bacteria and Klebsiella reflect the degree of potential risk of epidemic reservoir most adequately, and a presence of Salmonella and Shigella indicates a direct epidemic danger.
D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004784:Environmental Monitoring; D006801:Humans; D012306:Risk; D045483:Rivers / Q000382:microbiology*; D012426:Russia; D014871:Water Microbiology; D060753:Water Quality