Assessment of Escherichia coli viability in coastal Sicilian waters by fluorescent antibody and β-glucuronidase activity methods

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 88, Issue , 2006, Pages 57-66

  Caruso, G ^a   Zappala G ^a   Caruso, R ^b   Crisafi, E ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; FA viability; Marine waters; MUG

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BACTERIUM; BATHING WATER; COASTAL WATER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL PELLET; MEMBRANE; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 36148951375     PISSN: 17433541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2495/CENV060061     Document Type: Article

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