Correlation of bacterial indicator organisms with Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus and Candida albicans in sea water

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 342-346

  Efstratiou, M A ^a   Mavridou, A ^a   Richardson, S C ^b   Papadakis, J A ^a  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b PANTEION UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTION; YEAST;

ALBICANS; BACTERIAL INDICATORS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FECAL COLIFORM; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; SALMONELLA SPP; SEA WATER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

SEWAGE;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOINDICATOR; POLLUTION; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0031809913     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00345.x     Document Type: Article

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