Indigenous soil bacteria and low moisture may limit but allow faecal bacteria to multiply and become a minor population in tropical soils

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-32

  Byappanahalli, M ^a,b   Fujioka, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Faecal indicator bacteria; Microbial ecology; Tropical soil; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; MOISTURE; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEWAGE; WATER QUALITY;

ENTEROCOCCI; INDIGENOUS SOIL BACTERIA; SOIL DESICCATION; SOIL MICROBIOTA;

SOILS;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RUNOFF; SOIL POLLUTION; TROPICAL SOIL; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; COMPETITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESICCATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; SOIL MICROFLORA; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES HABITAT; STANDARDIZATION; STREAM (RIVER); TROPICS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAWAIIA; MICROBIOTA;

EID: 4344607950     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0009     Document Type: Article

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