Antimicrobial-resistant patterns of Escherichia coli and Salmonella strains in the aquatic Lebanese environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 269-277

  Harakeh, Steve ^a   Yassine, Hadi ^a   El Fadel, Mutasem ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Escherichia coli (STX EC); Salmonella paratyphi; Seawater

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE; FRESH WATER; PATHOGENIC BACTERIAL STRAINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI;

BACTERIA; DIFFUSION; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

FRESH WATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CRAB; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEDIMENT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CRAB; DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LEBANON; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LEBANON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMONELLA; SEAWATER; SHELLFISH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI;

EID: 33646525207     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.11.027     Document Type: Article

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