SOIL BIOSAFETY AND FECAL BACTERIA

Abstract

Biological processes that occur with the participation of microorganisms play an important role in the soil. Fecal pollution of urbanized territories has led to the detection of conditionally pathogenic and pathogenic bacteria in the soil, the development of which occurs in accordance with the patterns discovered by microbiologists earlier for a long period. Studies have shown that coliform bacteria are almost constantly present in the soil of crowded places. In half of the cases, E. coli bacteria were isolated from the soil. Pathogenic fecal bacteria are rarely detected, mainly using molecular biological methods. The conclusion is made about the need for special methodological approaches for the identification of bacteria.