There are numerous articles that contain a phrase similar to "In 1892, Shardinger proposed the use of E. coli as an indicator of fecal contamination..." But I am not finding any references. I'll bet someone on this list has a reference to this that they could share with me? Thanks! Liz _______________________________________ Elizabeth Wheeler Alm, Ph.D. Professor, Microbiology 157 Brooks Hall Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 email: alm1ew at cmich.edu web address: http://www.cst.cmich.edu/users/alm1ew/index.html Office phone: 989-774-2503 Lab phone: 989-774-1862 Dept. phone: 989-774-3227 Dept. fax: 989-774-3462 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.great-lakes.net/lists/beachnet/attachments/20091112/f3f75ab3/attachment.html