Water quality and ecological status of the Alcantara River estuary (Italy)

New Microbiologica

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-87

  Gugliandolo, Concetta ^a   Lentini, Valeria ^a   Fera, Maria T ^b   La Camera, Erminia ^b   Maugeri, Teresa L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aeromonas spp.; Picophytoplankton; Picoplankton; Vibrio spp.; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ECOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ECOLOGY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ITALY; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVERS; SEAWATER; VIBRIO; WATER POLLUTION;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 62149108924     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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