Survival of pathogenic bacteria in compost with special reference to Escherichia coli

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 770-774

  Gong, Chun Ming ^a,b   Inoue, Koichi ^a   Inanaga, Shunji ^b   Someya, Takashi ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compost; Escherichia coli; Moisture; Pathogenic bacteria; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); MOISTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAW MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIA SURVIVAL; COMPOST; HEAT SENSITIVITY; PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; PHYSIOLOGICAL ASPECTS; SALMONELLA; WATER POTENTIAL;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

WATER;

BACTERIA; COMPOSTING; CONTAMINATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOISTURE; PHYSIOLOGY; RAW MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; COMPOST; SOIL MOISTURE; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SALMONELLA; SOIL; STEM CELL; SURVIVAL; TIME;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEAT; JAPAN; SALMONELLA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; STEM CELLS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; SALMONELLA;

EID: 30744470649     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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