Persistence of culturable Escherichia coli fecal contaminants in dairy alpine grassland soils

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2299-2310

  Texier, Stéphanie ^a,b,c,d   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^c,d   Gourdon, Marie Hélène ^a,b   Poirier, Marie Andrée ^c,d   Faivre, Pierre ^a,b   Dorioz, Jean Marcel ^a,b   Poulenard, Jérome ^a,b   Jocteur Monrozier, Lucile ^c,d   Moënne Loccoz, Yvan ^c,d   Trevisan, Dominique ^a,b  

^a UMR CARRTEL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d University of Lyon   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; POPULATION STATISTICS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ALPINE PASTURES; CONSTANT LEVELS; DEEPER SOIL LAYERS; DRAINED SOILS; DRY SOILS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL RESERVOIRS; GRASSLAND SOILS; PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS; ROOT ZONES; SAMPLING DATES; SELECTIVE MEDIUMS; SNOW COVERS; SOIL COMMUNITIES; SOIL TYPES;

SOILS;

SNOW;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COW; CULTURE MEDIUM; DECOMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GRASSLAND; MELTING POINT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEASON; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; DAIRYING; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; PHYLOGENY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 57049098036     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0028     Document Type: Article

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