Relationship between presence of Salmonella and indicators of faecal pollution in aquatic habitats

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 253-256

  Polo, F ^a   Figueras, M J ^a   Inza, I ^a   Sala, J ^a   Fleisher, J M ^b   Guarro, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Beach; Fecal coliforms; Fecal streptococci; Microbiological water quality; Salmonella; Total coliforms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FECES; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; SEASHORE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

BATHING BEACHES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SALMONELLA; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA;

EID: 0032521329     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00040-8     Document Type: Article

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