Suif ite-reducing clostridia in the sediment of a high mountain lake (Laguna Grande, Credos, Spain) as indicators of fecal pollution

International Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-191

  Robles, Santiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; SULFITE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; CLOSTRIDIUM; EQUIPMENT; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SEDIMENT; SPAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FECES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH RESORTS; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPAIN; SPORES, BACTERIAL; SULFITES; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 0034265790     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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