Molecular characterization of low-level vancomycin-resistant enterococci found in coastal water of Thermaikos Gulf, Northern Greece

Water Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 1274-1280

  Zdragas, Antonis ^a   Partheniou, Phaedra ^b   Kotzamanidis, Charalambos ^b,c   Psoni, Lefki ^b   Koutita, Olga ^c   Moraitou, Eleni ^d   Tzanetakis, Nikolaos ^b   Yiangou, Minas ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c Hellenic Sugar Industry SA   (Greece)

^d SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; PFGE; Seawater; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER;

ENTEROCOCCUS; PFGE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA;

SEA WATER; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA; BIOMARKERS; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; COASTAL WATER; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SEAWATER; TAXONOMY;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; COASTAL WATERS; DNA ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; GENOTYPE; GREECE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; THERMAIKOS GULF;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 38949095641     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.09.022     Document Type: Article

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