Quantitative evaluation of enterococci and Bacteroidales released by adults and toddlers in marine water

Water Research

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4610-4616

  Elmir, Samir M ^a,b   Shibata, Tomoyuki ^a,c,d   Solo Gabriele, Helena M ^a,e   Sinigalliano, Christopher D ^a,c   Gidley, Maribeth L ^a,c   Miller, Gary ^b   Plano, Lisa R W ^a,f   Kish, Jonathan ^a,g   Withum, Kelly ^a   Fleming, Lora E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b Miami Dade County   (United States)

^c ATLANTIC OCEANOGRAPHIC AND METEOROLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Bather shedding; Beach sand; Enterococci

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BEACHES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER QUALITY;

ALTERNATIVE FECAL INDICATORS; BACTEROIDALES; BEACH SAND; ENTEROCOCCI; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECREATIONAL WATER QUALITY;

SAND;

CHROMOGENIC SUBSTRATE; SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL COLIFORM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAND; WATER QUALITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDALES; BODY SURFACE; CHILD; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECREATION; SAND; SWIMMING; TODDLER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATER QUALITY;

BACTEROIDALES;

EID: 72049126647     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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