Occurrence and densities of bacteriophages proposed as indicators and bacterial indicators in river waters from Europe and South America

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 808-815

  Lucena, F ^a   Mendez X ^a   Moron A ^b   Calderon E ^b   Campos, C ^c   Guerrero, A ^c   Cardenas M ^c   Gantzer, C ^d   Shwartzbrood, L ^d   Skraber, S ^d   Jofre, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA   (Colombia)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Bacterial indicators; Bacteriophages; River water; Sewage; Water polution

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL INDICATORS; FAECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL ENTEROCOCCI; MICRO-ORGANISMS; RAW SEWAGE; RELATIVE DENSITY; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; WATER POLUTION;

SEWAGE;

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOINDICATOR; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLIMATE; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; STANDARDIZATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

ARGENTINA; COLOMBIA; FRANCE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0038216550     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01812.x     Document Type: Article

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