Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in dam water and sediment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5304-5308

  Whittington, Richard J ^a   Marsh, Ian B ^b   Reddacliff, Leslie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NSW DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATER;

CROHN'S DISEASE; FECAL MATERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CROHN DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FECES; LIVESTOCK; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOIL POLLUTION; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CULTURE MEDIA; FECES; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MYCOBACTERIUM PARATUBERCULOSIS; SEASONS; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WEATHER;

ANIMALIA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM SUBSP. PARATUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 25144452029     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5304-5308.2005     Document Type: Article

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