β-D-glucuronidase activity assay to assess viable Escherichia coli abundance in freshwaters

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 278-282

  Garcia Armisen, T ^a   Lebaron, P ^b   Servais, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Active but nonculturable bacteria; Direct viable count; E. coli enumeration; Fluorescent in situ hybridization; River water; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION;

ACTIVE BUT NONCULTURABLE BACTERIA; ACTIVITY ASSAYS; CONTAMINATED WATER; CULTURABLE; DIRECT VIABLE COUNTS; E COLI ENUMERATION; E. COLI; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLUCURONIDASE; RIVER WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; HYMECROMONE GLUCURONIDE; RIVER WATER;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HYDROLYSIS; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; RIVER; WASTE WATER; WATER SAMPLING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 16344375457     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01670.x     Document Type: Article

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