Characterization of Escherichia coli isolates from different fecal sources by means of classification tree analysis of fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) profiles

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 114, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 433-445

  Seurinck, Sylvie ^a   Deschepper, Ellen ^a   Deboch, Bishaw ^a   Verstraete, Willy ^a   Siciliano, Steven ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Classification tree analysis; Escherichia coli; Fatty acid methyl ester; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

CLASIFICATION TREE ANALYSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI ISOLATES; FATTY ACID METHYL ESTER (FAME); MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING (MST);

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; TREES (MATHEMATICS); WATER QUALITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

FATTY ACID ESTER;

CLASSIFICATION; ESTER; FECAL COLIFORM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COW; DATA ANALYSIS; DECISION THEORY; DOG; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; HORSE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; SEABIRD; SEWAGE; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; FECES; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUUS CABALLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33645829514     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-5031-4     Document Type: Article

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