Carbon source utilization profiles as a method to identify sources of faecal pollution in water

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 792-799

  Hagedorn, Charles ^a   Crozier, J B ^b   Mentz, K A ^a   Booth, A M ^a   Graves, A K ^a   Nelson, N J ^a   Reneau, R B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROANOKE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Faecal coliforms; Source tracking; Substrate utilization; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; CARBON; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; LIBRARIES;

AVERAGE RATE; BIOLOG SYSTEMS; CARBON SOURCE; CLASSIFIEDS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL POLLUTION; FECAL SOURCES; SOURCE TRACKING; SUBSTRATE UTILIZATION;

WATER QUALITY;

FECES;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CARBON SOURCE; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LIVESTOCK; PHENOTYPE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WILDLIFE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0038216553     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01804.x     Document Type: Article

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