| enteric bacterial growth rates in river water. | enteric bacteria, including stocked strains of pathogenic species and organisms naturally present in the stream, were capable of growth in a chemostat with autoclaved river water taken 750 m below a sewage outfall. maximal specific growth rates for all organisms occurred at 30 c, whereas culture generation times ranged between 33.3 and 116 hr. of the six laboratory strains of enteric species used, escherichia coli and enterobacter aerogenes grew at generation times of 34.5 and 33.3 hr, respectiv ... | 1972 | 4561100 |