Rapid enumeration of Escherichia coli in marine bathing waters: Potential interference of nontarget bacteria

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2054-2062

  Baudart, J ^a   Servais, P ^b   De Paoli, H ^a   Henry, A ^c   Lebaron, P ^a  

^a Laboratoire d Océanographie Microbienne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^c Veolia Environnement Recherche et Innovation   (France)

Author keywords

Bathing waters; Escherichia coli; Glucuronidase activity; Real time monitoring; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

BATHING WATER; E. COLI; GLUCURONIDASE; GLUCURONIDASE ACTIVITY; MEASUREMENTS OF; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHODS; REAL TIME MONITORING; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SPECIES; Β-D-GLUCURONIDASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BETA GLUCURONIDASE; DNA 16S;

BATHING WATER; BIOASSAY; DETECTION METHOD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FECAL COLIFORM; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; NONTARGET ORGANISM; PHYLOGENETICS; REAL TIME; SEAWATER;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATH; COASTAL WATERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SWIMMING; VIBRIO; WATER QUALITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

EID: 72849150293     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04392.x     Document Type: Article

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