BACTERIA WITHIN AMOEBA survive chlorination. “Bacteria could be cultured from within treated protozoans well after the time required for 99% inactivation of free-living cells. All bacterial pathogens were greater than 50-fold more resistant to free chlorine when ingested by T. pyriformis.”
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3223766
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022