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Coliform
A general term for a group of bacteria that inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and other animals. Their presence in water constitutes presumptive evidence for faecal contamination. Includes all aerobic and facultatively anaerobic, gram-negative rods that are nonspore forming and that ferment lactose with gas formation. Escherichia coli and Enterobacter are important members.
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