Microbiological aspects of an urban river used for unrestricted irrigation in the semi-arid region of north-east Brazil

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Ceballos, B S O ^a   Soares, N E ^b   Moraes, M R ^b   Catao R M R ^b   Konig, A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF PARAÍBA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Health risk; Listeria spp.; River contamination; Salmonella spp.

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; RIVERS; SEWAGE;

DRUG RESISTANCE;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; OXACILLIN; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIUM; IRRIGATION; MICROBIAL POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIUM; IRRIGATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER WATER; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ALKALINITY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BRAZIL; CATCHMENT; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; HEALTH HAZARD; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LISTERIA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; PURIFICATION; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; RURAL AREA; SALMONELLA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTYPE; STREPTOCOCCUS; URBAN AREA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; LISTERIA; LISTERIA GRAYI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MUS; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0345269727     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0159     Document Type: Conference Paper

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