Occurrence and antibiotic resistance of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in a watershed in north-central Indiana

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 997-1004

  Fincher, Laura M ^a   Parker, Chelsea D ^a   Chauret, Christian P ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; E.COLI O157:H7; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; FECAL COLIFORM; FECAL COLIFORMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; IMPAIRED STREAMS; INDIANA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA-LIKE TOXINS; URBAN AREAS;

AMPLIFICATION; ANTIBIOTICS; LANDFORMS; WATERSHEDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; IMMUNOMAGNETIC SEPARATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RURAL AREA; STREAM (RIVER); STX1 GENE; STX2 GENE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHED;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; INDIANA; URBANIZATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 66649111436     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2008.0077     Document Type: Article

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