Detection of phages carrying the Shiga toxin 1 and 2 genes in waste water and river water samples

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Dumke, R ^a,b   Schroter Bobsin U ^a   Jacobs, E ^a   Roske I ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Institute fur Medizinishc Mikrobiologie und Hygiene   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli O157:H7; Phage; Polymerase chain reaction; River water; Sewage; Shiga toxin

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; NESTED PCR; PLAQUE ASSAY; RIVER WATER; RIVER WATER SAMPLES; SHIGA TOXIN; STX GENES; WATER SAMPLES; WATER-WATER;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

RIVER WATER; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; RIVERS; SEWAGE; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

DETECTION METHOD; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; VIRUS CULTURE; VIRUS DETECTION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

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

EID: 33645227443     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2005.01809.x     Document Type: Article

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