Phenotypic population characteristics of the enterococci in wastewater and animal faeces: Implications for the new European directive on the quality of bathing waters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 27-32

  Wallis, J L ^a   Taylor, H D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diversity; Faecal pollution; Pollution; Similarity; Source

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CARBOHYDRATES; FERMENTATION; WATER POLLUTION;

GENOTYPIC ANALYSIS;

WASTEWATER;

CARBOHYDRATE; WATER;

BATHING WATER; EUROPEAN UNION; PHENOTYPE; POLLUTION CONTROL; WASTEWATER;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BATH; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DATA ANALYSIS; DOG; DONKEY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; FECES; FECES ANALYSIS; FERMENTATION MODEL; GENOTYPE; LAW; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SEABIRD; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHEEP; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

CARBOHYDRATES; FERMENTATION; WASTE WATERS; WATER POLLUTION;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; OVIS ARIES; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037217774     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0152     Document Type: Conference Paper

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