Distribution of sewage indicated by Clostridium perfringens at a deep-water disposal site after cessation of sewage disposal

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1741-1746

  Hill, Russell T ^a   Straube, William L ^a   Palmisano, Anna C ^b   Gibson, Steven L ^a   Colwell, Rita R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SEWAGE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SLUDGE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CLOSTRIDIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS A;

EID: 0029989674     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.5.1741-1746.1996     Document Type: Article

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