Levels of male-specific RNA bacteriophage and Escherichia coli in molluscan bivalve shellfish from commercial harvesting areas

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 92-96

  Dore W J ^a   Mackie, M ^a   Lees, D N ^a  

^a Ctr Environ   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Bivalve shellfish; E. coli; Harvesting areas; Indicator

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; HARVESTING; HEALTH RISKS; MOLLUSCS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA; SHELLFISH;

'CURRENT; BIVALVE SHELLFISH; E. COLI; ELEVATED LEVEL; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HARVESTING AREA; INDICATOR ORGANISMS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH RISKS; SHELLFISH CONSUMPTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

RNA;

BACTERIOPHAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIVALVE; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HARVESTING; MOLLUSC; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; OSTREA EDULIS; OYSTER; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SHELLFISH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRUS CONCENTRATION;

BIVALVIA; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLLUSCA; NEGIBACTERIA; OSTREA EDULIS; OSTREIDAE; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037242829     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.2003.01268.x     Document Type: Article

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