“…Wastewater may contain millions of bacteria per milliliter and is also a potential source of various pathogenic bacteria. Recently, a wide range of pathogenic bacteria, such as Escherichia coli, Clostridium perfringens, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Shigella flexneri, Salmonella enterica, Vibrio cholera, and Yersinia enterocolitica, have been detected in the wastewater (Cai and Zhang, 2013;Dudley et al, 1980;Stevik et al, 2004). Several reports have summarized pathogenic bacteria commonly detected in wastewater (Table 3.3) (Gerardi, 2006;Gerardi and Zimmerman, 2004).…”