Prevalence of diarrhegenic serotypes of Escherichia coli in the Cochin estuary, along west coast of India

Indian Journal of Marine Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 238-242

  Hatha, A A Mohamed ^a,b   Chandran, Abirosh ^a   Rahiman, K M Mujeeb ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Diarrhegenic serotypes; Escherichia coli; Estuary; Faecal pollution

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 18144366781     PISSN: 03795136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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