Occurrence and persistence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in water

Reviews in Environmental Science and Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 267-273

  Nwachuku, Nena ^a,b   Gerba, Charles P ^a,b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Escherichia coli O157:H7; Occurrence; Survival; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 48349102813     PISSN: 15691705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11157-008-9132-0     Document Type: Review

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