Bifidobacteria in feces and environmental waters

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 575-584

  Lamendella, Regina ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^b   Kelty, Catherine ^b   Oerther, Daniel B ^a  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHEDS;

BIFIDOBACTERIA; CATENULATUM; FECAL INDICATOR GROUP;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER;

BIOINDICATOR; DNA; FECAL COLIFORM; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIFIDOBACTERIACEAE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM INFANTIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; RNA GENE; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CATS; CATTLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DOGS; FECES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RABBITS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM ADOLESCENTIS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BOUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM BREVE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM CATENULATUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM DENTIUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM LONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM PSEUDOLONGUM; BIFIDOBACTERIUM THERMOPHILUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 38949170758     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01221-07     Document Type: Article

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