The application of a recently isolated strain of Bacteroides (GB-124) to identify human sources of faecal pollution in a temperate river catchment

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3683-3690

  Ebdon, James ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^b   Taylor, Huw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteroides; Catchment; Faecal; Phages; Source

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CATCHMENTS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; WASTEWATER;

FAECAL; HUMAN SOURCES; ISOLATED STRAIN; PHAGES;

RIVER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

BACTERIA; CATCHMENTS; PARTICLE BEAM TRACKING; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; CATCHMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; RIVER WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES;

EID: 34547455844     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.12.020     Document Type: Article

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