Sediment can be a reservoir for coliform bacteria released into streams

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Smith, Joshua ^a   Edwards, Jessica ^a   Hilger, Helene ^b   Steck, Todd R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b The University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Coliform reservoir; Stream sediment; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COLONY FORMING UNIT S; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; SEDIMENT; STREAM (RIVER); WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; RIVERS; SEASONS;

EID: 48949099437     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.173     Document Type: Article

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