Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw and treated municipal sewage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3466-3469

  Grant, Stanley B ^a   Pendroy, Christopher P ^a   Mayer, Cynthia L ^b,c   Bellin, Joel K ^a   Palmer, Carol J ^b,d  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b Co Sanitation Districts Orange Co ^*  (United States)

^c AMGEN INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT TOLERANCE; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0029832199     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.9.3466-3469.1996     Document Type: Article

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