Somatic coliphages and bacterial indicators of bathing water quality in the beaches of Gipuzkoa, Spain

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 417-426

  Ibarluzea, Jesús M ^a   Moreno, Belén ^b   Serrano, Elena ^c   Larburu, Karmele ^d   Maiztegi, María J ^e   Yarzabal, Asunción ^f   Santa Marina, Loreto ^a  

^a The Basque Government's Health Department   (Spain)

^b Basque Government   (Spain)

^c Public Health Centre of Urola   (Spain)

^d Public Health Centre of Bidasoa   (Spain)

^e Public Health Centre of Deba   (Spain)

^f Donostia San Sebastian City Council   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Bathing waters; Coliphages; E. coli; Enterococci; Indicators

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BATH; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; RNA PHAGE; SEASHORE; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA; BATHING BEACHES; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548612275     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.037     Document Type: Article

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