Bacteriophages infecting various bacteroides fragilis strains differ in their capacity to distinguish human from animal faecal pollution

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 359-362

  Puig, A ^a   Jofre, J ^a   Araujo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteroides fragilis bacteriophages; F specific bacteriophages; Faecal pollution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; MANURES; SEWAGE; SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL STRAINS; BACTERIOPHAGE DETECTION; FAECAL POLLUTION;

WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; FECES; POLLUTION CONTROL; SEWAGE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030809604     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(97)00285-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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