Use of yellow-pigmented enterococci as a specific indicator of human and nonhuman sources of faecal pollution

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1066-1071

  Bahirathan, Mahesan ^a   Puente, Lawrence ^a   Seyfried, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; DNA typing; Faecal pollution; Yellow pigmented enterococci

Indexed keywords

CEFALOTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; WATER POLLUTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII;

EID: 0032462035     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w98-107     Document Type: Article

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