Association of multiple-antibiotic-resistance profiles with point and nonpoint sources of Escherichia coli in Apalachicola bay

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2607-2612

  Parveen, Salina ^a,b   Murphree, Rendi L ^b   Edmiston, Lee ^c   Kaspar, Charles W ^d   Portier, Kenneth M ^a   Tamplin, Mark L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Apalachicola Natl Estuarine Res R   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; ESTUARINE POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FECES; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

APALACHICOLA BAY; FLORIDA; USA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030862624     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.7.2607-2612.1997     Document Type: Article

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