VIABLE ORGANISMS FROM FECES AND FOODSTUFFS FROM EARLY ANTARCTIC EXPEDITIONS

Microbiological studies of continuously frozen human feces and foodstuffs from sites of early Antarctic expeditions revealed viable organisms after 50 years. Aerobic and anaerobic sporeforming and non-sporeforming bacteria, actinomycetes, yeasts, and molds were recovered. No coliforms were encounter...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Microbiology
Main Authors: Meyer, George H., Morrow, Marie B., Wyss, Orville
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1963
Subjects:
Genetics
Molecular Biology
Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
General Medicine
Immunology
Microbiology
Antarctic
Antarc*
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/m63-022
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/m63-022
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Summary:Microbiological studies of continuously frozen human feces and foodstuffs from sites of early Antarctic expeditions revealed viable organisms after 50 years. Aerobic and anaerobic sporeforming and non-sporeforming bacteria, actinomycetes, yeasts, and molds were recovered. No coliforms were encountered, and other enteric bacteria were of low incidence. The survival of microbiota expected to be present only as a minor component indicates that these have retained sufficient viability so as to comprise the major component of the populations.

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