Bacteriological investigation of the pollution at Syowa Station in Antarctica

• Main Authors: Kazuhiko Watanabe, Kazuo Asahina, Tatsuo Suzuki, Takeji Sasaki, Akira Ghoda
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: National Institute of Polar Research 1977
• Subjects: Geography (General); G1-922; Antarctic; Syowa Station; Mizuho; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.15094/00007950; https://doaj.org/article/17902462f0864966a90b24134873cc6c

Bacteriological investigation of pollution caused by human being was conducted at Syowa Station. Special attention was paid to the contamination of Enterobacteriaceae (E. coli). The soil, water, air, snow and ice were examined both at Syowa Station and Mizuho Camp. The following results were obtaine...