Occurrence and numbers of bacteriophages and bacterial indicators in faeces of yellow-legged seagull (Larus cachinnans)

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 421-423

  Muniesa, M ^a   Jofre, J ^a   Lucena, Francisco D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEWAGE;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; BACTERIAL NUMBERS; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CATALONIA; COASTAL AREA; FAECAL STREPTOCOCCI; FECAL COLIFORM; RAW SEWAGE; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES; BIRD; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; LARUS CACHINNANS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0033383929     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00666.x     Document Type: Article

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