Microbiological evaluation of fecal bacterial composition from surface water through aquifer sand material

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 411-421

  Ibekwe, A Mark ^a   Lyon, Stephen R ^b  

^a U S SALINITY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ORANGE COUNTY WATER DISTRICT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquifer material; Contamination; Drinking water; Enterococcus; Escherichia coli; Fecal bacteria

Indexed keywords

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

AQUIFER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FECAL COLIFORM; FILTRATION; PATHOGEN; RIVER WATER; SURFACE WATER; WATER SUPPLY;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; FILTRATION; GENE SEQUENCE; INDICATOR ORGANISM; INTESTINE FLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CALIFORNIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; FRESH WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILICON DIOXIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ANA RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 53349095454     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2008.058     Document Type: Article

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