Microbial contamination and chemical toxicity of the Rio Grande

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 1-23

  Mendoza, Jose ^a   Botsford, James ^b   Hernandez, Jose ^a   Montoya, Anna ^a   Saenz, Roswitha ^a   Valles, Adrian ^a   Vazquez, Alejandro ^a   Alvarez, Maria ^a  

^a EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; RELIABILITY; RIVER; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEXICO; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEXICO; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 2642574379     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-4-17     Document Type: Article

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