Higher prevalence of Alternaria spp. in marine and river waters than in potable samples

Microbiological Research

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 49-51

  Arvanitidou, Malamatenia ^a   Kanellou, Kalliopi ^a   Constantinidis, Theodoras ^a   Katsouyannopoulos, Vassilios ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Alternaria; Coliforms; Enterococci; Indicator bacteria; Marine water; Potable water; River water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BIOINDICATOR; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; FUNGUS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

DISEASE SPREAD; PATHOGEN; WATER QUALITY;

ALTERNARIA;

EID: 0034103933     PISSN: 09445013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0944-5013(00)80022-1     Document Type: Article

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