Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli isolated from urban rivers and beach water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 4658-4665

  McLellan, Sandra L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COASTAL ZONES; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POLLUTION; RIVERS; SANITARY SEWERS; SEWAGE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

GULL FECES; STRAIN COMPOSITION; STROMWATERS;

BIODIVERSITY;

RIVER WATER; SEA WATER; STORM WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; SEA POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BIRDS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SEWAGE; SWIMMING; URBAN POPULATION; VARIATION (GENETICS); WATER POLLUTION;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4143079488     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.8.4658-4665.2004     Document Type: Article

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