Isolation and identification of enterococci from seawater samples: Assessment of their resistance to antibiotics and heavy metals

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 219-228

  Kimiran Erdem, Ayten ^a   Arslan, Elif Ozlem ^a   Sanli Yurudu, Nazmiye Ozlem ^a   Zeybek, Zuhal ^a   Dogruoz, Nihal ^a   Cotuk, Aysin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; E. faecalis; Enterococci; Heavy metal; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEAVY METALS; TURKEY;

ENTEROCOCCUS STRAINS;

SEAWATER;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CADMIUM; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CHROMIUM; COBALT; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; HEAVY METAL; IRON; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PENICILLIN G; SEA WATER; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ZINC; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; HEAVY METAL; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; ISOLATED POPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEAWATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SOLITARIUS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; DRUG EFFECT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EURASIA; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; TETRAGENOCOCCUS SOLITARIUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; METALS, HEAVY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEAWATER; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 34247573550     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9506-0     Document Type: Article

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