Potential regrowth and recolonization of salmonellae and indicators in biosolids and biosolid-amended soil

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 3701-3708

  Zaleski, Kathleen J ^a   Josephson, Karen L ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^a   Pepper, Ian L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOISTURE; RAIN; SOILS; SOLAR DRYERS;

DESSICATION; FIELD-SCALE DRYING BEDS; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; PATHOGENS;

COLIFORM BACTERIA;

RECOLONIZATION; SOIL AMENDMENT;

ARTICLE; ASCARIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOSOLID; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DESICCATION; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; SALMONELLA; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; ASCARIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; RAIN; SALMONELLA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 22144498490     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.3701-3708.2005     Document Type: Article

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