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The effect of the triazine herbicides Etazine and Bladex on coliform and fecal streptococci groups was studied in Nile river water, Nile water seeded with sewage, and autoclaved Nile water. The results indicate the fecal streptococci were able to persist and multiply in Nile water containing Bladex or Etazine and seeded with sewage. The successive addition of Bladex and Etazine (up to 10 mg/liter) increased its degradation rate and had no inhibitory effect on the bacterial parameters.
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El-Abagy, M.M., Aly, O.A. & Farag, H. Studies on the effect of Bladex and Etazine on bacterial indices of pollution. Environmental Management 13, 91–94 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01867590
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