Recovery of thermophilic campylobacters from pond water and sediment and the problem of interference by background bacteria in enrichment culture

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 2877-2882

  Abulreesh, H H ^a   Paget, T A ^a   Goulder, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Enrichment culture; Pond sediment; Pond water

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; MORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTAGONISTIC EFFECTS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; SELECTIVE ENRICHMENT; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS;

BACTERIA;

CATALASE; LAKE WATER; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

POND CULTURE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL STRUCTURE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; FILTRATION; GRAM STAINING; MEMBRANE FILTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; WATER SAMPLING;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI;

EID: 22944437746     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.05.004     Document Type: Article

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