Bacteriophage ecology in a small community sewer system related to their indicative role in sewage pollution of drinking water

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2407-2416

  Gino, Efrat ^a   Starosvetsky, Jeana ^a   Armon, Robert ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RNA PHAGE; SEWAGE; VIROLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ADOLESCENT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGRICULTURE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLIPHAGES; ECOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMANS; INFANT; RNA PHAGES; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548379930     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2007.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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