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• Main Authors: Louise V. Parker, C. James, Martel October
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.203.6086; http://www.crrel.usace.army.mil/techpub/CRREL_Reports/reports/TR02-16.pdf

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Abstract: Microorganisms that are found in domestic wastewater and that can cause illness in humans include bacteria, viruses, protozoan cysts, and helminth ova. This literature review attempts to determine whether organisms contained in a frozen sewage bulb in the Antarctic ice would survive for decades. This review briefly examines the structural differences between these organ-isms; examines the susceptibility of these organisms to chilling, freezing, thawing, and frozen storage, and the effect these processes have on the structural components of the organisms; and compares findings from field studies, including some archeo-logical studies, on the ability of these organisms to withstand natural cold environments. How to get copies of ERDC technical publications: