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Escherichia coli is used as an indicator organism to determine pollution of water with

A

industrial effluents

B

heavy metals

C

pollen of aquatic plants

D

(iii) line source, fixed source (iv) Eichhornia, tiger of Bengal

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Escherichia coli is a member of the coliform group and is used for the analysis of water contaminated with faecal matter.
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