Enumeration of viable E. coli in rivers and wastewaters by fluorescent in situ hybridization

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-279

  Garcia Armisen, Tamara ^a   Servais, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Direct viable count; E. coli; Fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH); Viable non culturable bacteria (VBNC)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; MINERAL WATER; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL VIABILITY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; SUNLIGHT; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA PROBES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCE; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 3242675346     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2004.04.014     Document Type: Article

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