Comparison of fecal indicator bacterial populations in surface waters of the Kalamazoo river, USA

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-44

  Olapade, Ola A ^a   Weage, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a ALBION COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal indicator bacteria; In situ hybridization; River; Viable counts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; FECES; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; FECES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77349112205     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13426311     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME09136     Document Type: Article

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