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coliform

How to use coliform in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for coliform.

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Your fecal coliforms will kill other people, simply because they're yours, not theirs.

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Your fecal coliforms will kill other people, simply because they're yours, not theirs.

Example sentences

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Your fecal coliforms will kill other people, simply because they're yours, not theirs.

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"According to a 2004 EPA sample of 158 planes, 13 percent contained coliform.

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There are, of course, bacteria that can survive autoclaves, but I don't know of any that are also pathogenic or coliform.

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Apparently poor septic systems wind up polluting ground water with fecal coliform.

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We were required to do daily tests for things like coliform bacteria and monthly tests for other possible contaminates.

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So is caffeine actually easier to measure than coliform bacteria detection?

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One of the things we had to do is drill the well a solid 100 feet below the water table, because the upper 60 feet had measurable levels of fecal coliform bacteria.

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If the waste gets treated, the tapwater is safe to drink, that weird smell in the streets goes away, the coliform count goes down, the beaches are open for swimming in the summer, and fewer people get sick.

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Even if you get everything off your hands, having a stupid plastic device with a deep crevice in an environment with fecal coliform presumably floating around is a _great_ design let me tell you.

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Included 2 tests each for total chlorine, total hardness, iron, pH, total alkalinity, copper, nitrates and nitrites; 1-test each for lead, total coliform bacteria and pesticides with detailed instructions to test for iron bacteria and hydrogen sulfide

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> To be clear, there’s no question that Giardia lamblia, Cryptosporidium parvum, and various strains of fecal coliform bacteria—the waterborne pathogens responsible for giardiasis, cryptosporidiosis, and other diseases—can infect humans, with potentially serious health consequences.

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Your fecal coliforms will kill other people, simply because they're yours, not theirs.