Abundance and characteristics of the recreational water quality indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and enterococci in gull faeces

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 865-878

  Fogarty, L R ^a   Haack, S K ^a   Wolcott, M J ^a   Whitman, R L ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Escherichia coli; Faecal contamination; Gulls; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BEACHES; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LAKES; MICROFILTRATION;

E. COLI; ENTEROCOCCUS; FAECAL SAMPLES; FECAL CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES; GULL; RECREATIONAL WATER; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY; SAMPLING DATES; WATER QUALITY INDICATORS;

WATER QUALITY;

FECES; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATION; SEABIRD; SEASHORE; SWIMMING; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037541053     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01910.x     Document Type: Article

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