K-State microbiology expert develops test that can make closing Hawaiis beaches because of bacteria levels speedier, more effective - (Kansas State University)
October 15, 2007 – 5:38 pmMANHATTAN — A Kansas State University professor spent much of a recent visit to Hawaii in a laboratory making sure that a trip to one of the islands’ beaches will be more enjoyable.
Daniel Y.C. Fung, professor of food science at K-State, has developed a water quality test that can tell Hawaiian authorities in a matter of hours, rather than days, whether a beach should be closed because of contamination. Fung’s research appears in the September issue of the Journal of Rapid Methods Automation in Microbiology, of which Fung is founder and editor.
Whereas E. coli is the bacterium that closes many beaches on the mainland United States, Fung said Hawaii’s beaches face a problem with Clostridium perfringens, a bacterium that is better acclimated to the temperature and latitude of the South Pacific. Clostridium perfringens is important, Fung said, because it is an indicator of fecal contamination and its prevalence determines whether […]
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