Cladophora (Chlorophyta) spp. harbor human bacterial pathogens in nearshore water of Lake Michigan

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 4545-4553

  Ishii, Satoshi ^a   Yan, Tao ^a   Shively, Dawn A ^b   Byappanahalli, Muruleedhara N ^b   Whitman, Richard L ^b   Sadowsky, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DNA; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEALTH RISKS; OCEAN HABITATS; PORTS AND HARBORS; PROBES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES;

CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; FECAL INDICATOR; PATHOGENS; QUANTITATIVE PCR (QPCR);

BACTERIA;

LAKE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BREAKWATER; GREEN ALGA; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLADOPHORA; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GREEN ALGA; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HUMAN; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMONELLA; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; SHIGELLA; SUMMER;

ALGAE, GREEN; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER INFECTIONS; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; INDIANA;

GREAT LAKES; INDIANA; LAKE MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER; CHLOROPHYTA; CLADOPHORA; CLADOPHORA GLOMERATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SHIGELLA;

EID: 33746064102     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00131-06     Document Type: Article

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