Study of the microbial contamination of clams (Mya arenaria) of the north shore of the St. Lawrence River estuary (Quebec, Canada);Étude de la contamination microbienne des myes (Mya arenaria) de la rive nord de l'estuaire maritime du fleuve Saint-Laurent (Québec, Canada)

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 984-991

  Lévesque, Benoît ^a,b   Gagnon, Fabien ^b,c,f   Valentin, Alexandra ^c,g   Cartier, Jacques François ^c,h   Chevalier, Pierre ^a,b   Cardinal, Pierrette ^d   Cantin, Philippe ^e   Gingras, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHUL CHUQ ^*  (Canada)

^d Gouvernement du Quebec   (Canada)

^e Ministere du Developpement durable de l'Environnement et des Parcs   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^g INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^h HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Campylobacter; Coliforms; Cryptosporidium; Giardia; Mollusks

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTUARIES; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); RIVERS; SANITATION;

CAMPYLOBACTER; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIUM; BIVALVE; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PATHOGEN;

ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; GIARDIA; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MOLLUSC; MYA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; STREPTOCOCCUS; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; PROTOZOON; RIVER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GIARDIA; GIARDIA SP.; MOLLUSCA; MYA ARENARIA; SALMONELLA SP.;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; GIARDIA; MYA; PROTOZOA; QUEBEC; RIVERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33846429973     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/W06-061     Document Type: Article

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