Prevalence of multiple drug resistant escherichia coli serotypes in a tropical estuary, India

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-158

  Chandran, Abhirosh ^a   Hatha, A A Mohamed ^b   Varghese, Sherin ^a   Sheeja, K Mony ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Escherichia coli; Estuary; India; MAR index

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 70350015175     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.23.153     Document Type: Article

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