Environmental controls on the fate of Escherichia coli in soil

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 190, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 143-155

  Habteselassie, M ^a   Bischoff, M ^a   Blume, E ^b   Applegate, B ^a   Reuhs, B ^a   Brouder, S ^a   Turco, R F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Santa Maria   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbon; E. coli; Klebsiella terrigena; Post freezing incubation; Survival and growth; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

KLEBSIELLA TERRIGENA; POST-FREEZING INCUBATION;

SOIL SURVEYS;

CARBON;

CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH KINETICS; SOIL SURVEYS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FREEZE-THAW CYCLE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PERSISTENCE; PEST CONTROL; SOIL QUALITY; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; FREEZING; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA TERRIGENA; NONHUMAN; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SURVIVAL RATE; THAWING; WATER CONTENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; RAOULTELLA TERRIGENA;

EID: 42249093844     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-007-9587-6     Document Type: Article

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