Identification of particle size classes inhibiting protozoan recovery from surface water samples via U.S.
Leigh-Anne H Krometis1, Gregory W Characklis, Mark D Sobsey
1Department of Biological Systems Engineering, 200 Seitz Hall (0303), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061-0303, USA. krometis@vt.edu
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|August 18, 2009
Abstract:
Giardia species recovery by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency method 1,623 appears significantly impacted by a wide size range (2 to 30 microm) of particles in water and organic matter. Cryptosporidium species recovery seems negatively correlated only with smaller (2 to 10 microm), presumably inorganic particles. Results suggest constituents and mechanisms interfering with method performance may differ by protozoan type.


