Occurrence and growth characteristics of Escherichia coli and enterococci within the accumulated fluid of the northern pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea L.)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1027-1037

  Whitman, Richard L ^a   Byers, Stacey E ^a   Shively, Dawn A ^a   Ferguson, Donna M ^b   Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Orange County Public Health Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Environmental occurrence; Indicator bacteria; Microcosm; Pitcher plant fluid; Temperate bog

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ECOSYSTEMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ENVIRONMENTAL OCCURRENCE; INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROCOSM;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CARBON;

BACTERIUM; CARNIVOROUS PLANT; GROWTH; MICROHABITAT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONAL VARIATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LIQUID; MICROCOSM; MICROHABITAT; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PITCHER PLANT; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; UNITED STATES;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDIANA; PLANTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEXAPODA; SARRACENIA PURPUREA; SARRACENIACEAE;

EID: 33644843772     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-091     Document Type: Article

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