Geographical structure and host specificity in bacteria and the implications for tracing the source of coliform contamination

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1079-1085

  Gordon, David M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ecological structure; Enteric bacteria; Population genetics; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE LOCUS; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAFNIA ALVEI; HAPLOTYPE; HOST; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SAMPLING; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER FREUNDII; ENTERIC BACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAFNIA ALVEI;

EID: 0034996147     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-5-1079     Document Type: Review

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