Comparative stability and growth requirements of S. aureus and faecal indicator bacteria in seawater

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 169-175

  Fujioka, R S ^a   Unutoa, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

E. coli; E. faecalis; Multiplication; S. aureus; Seawater; Survival

Indexed keywords

AUREUS INDICATOR BACTERIA; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; MULTIPLICATION; RECREATIONAL WATERS;

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEAWATER;

BIOMARKERS;

PEPTONE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEAWATER;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; GROWTH RESPONSE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEAWATER; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARY; FECES ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SALINITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREAM (RIVER); SUNLIGHT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; SEAWATER; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33749150775     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2006.465     Document Type: Article

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