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Viability of Escherichia coli in Sea Water Ralph F. Vaccaro, Margaret P. Briggs, Cornelia L. Carey, and Bostwick H. Ketchum CopyRight*Contribution No. 506 Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.40.10.1257 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Vaccaro et al. (1950) studied this question.