Microbial source tracking of Escherichia coli in a constructed wetland

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 227-232

  Orosz Coghlan, Patricia A ^a   Rusin, Patricia A ^b   Karpiscak, Martin M ^a   Gerba, Charles P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Vet Sci/Micro Bldg #90 ^*

Author keywords

Avian species; Constructed wetlands; Escherichia coli; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

AVIAN SPECIES; CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; MICROBIAL SOURCE TRACKING;

WATER ANALYSIS;

AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFAMANDOLE; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAFURAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STATISTICAL METHODS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WETLANDS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PASSERINE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; FOWL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES HABITAT; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WILDLIFE; ANIMAL; CITY; DRUG EFFECT; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; TOLLESON; UNITED STATES;

AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PASSERIFORMES;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARIZONA; CITIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 33745903409     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143005X89995     Document Type: Article

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