Occurrence of airborne bacteria and pathogen indicators during land application of sewage sludge

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 296-299

  Pillai, Suresh D ^a   Widmer, Kenneth W ^a   Dowd, Scot E ^a   Ricke, Steven C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT; SALMONELLA; SLUDGE DISPOSAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0030041066     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.1.296-299.1996     Document Type: Article

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