Distribution of Clostridium perfringens and fecal sterols in a benthic coastal marine environment influenced by the sewage outfall from McMurdo station, Antarctica

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2596-2600

  Edwards, Diane D ^a   Mcfeters, Gordon A ^a   Indira Venkatesan, M ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPROSTEROL; STEROL;

BACTERIUM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOVEMENT; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; SEA URCHIN; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTARCTICA; MCMURDO STATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ECHINOIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; NEGIBACTERIA; UROCHORDATA;

EID: 0031841738     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.7.2596-2600.1998     Document Type: Article

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