Detection, enumeration and isolation of strains carrying the stx2 gene from urban sewage

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 109-116

  Blanch, A R ^a   Garcia Aljaro C ^a   Muniesa, M ^a   Jofre, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Detection; Escherichia coli; Stx2; Verotoxin

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; WATER;

WATERBORNE OUTBREAKS;

SEWAGE BACTERIOLOGY;

SHIGA TOXIN; VEROTOXIN; WATER;

DETECTION METHOD; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

AGAR MEDIUM; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECES ANALYSIS; GENE PROBE; HYBRIDIZATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTYPE; SEWAGE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037217733     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0175     Document Type: Conference Paper

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