Evaluation of enterococcal surface protein genes as markers of sewage contamination in tropical recreational waters

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 261-266

  Betancourt, W Q ^a   Fujioka, R S ^b  

^a Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas Centro de Microbiologia y Biologia Celular   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococci; esp gene; Sewage contamination; Tropical waters

Indexed keywords

ENUMERATION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; MONITORING STRATEGY; NON-POINT SOURCE; OCEAN WATER; RECREATIONAL WATER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE CONTAMINATION; SEWAGE OUTFALL; SEWAGE SOURCES; SOIL SAMPLE; SURFACE PROTEINS; TROPICAL WATERS;

GENES; OCEANOGRAPHY; POLLUTION DETECTION; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; TROPICS;

CONTAMINATION;

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ESP 1; PROTEIN ESP 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROCOCCAL SURFACE PROTEIN, ESP;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIUM; GENETIC MARKER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PROTEIN; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SEWAGE; TROPICAL REGION; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; BACTERIAL GENE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RECREATION;

HAWAII [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; RECREATION; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349244933     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.380     Document Type: Article

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