Characterization of enterococci populations collected from a subsurface flow constructed wetland

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1226-1234

  Graves, A K ^a   Weaver, R W ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biolog; Constructed wetlands; Domestic wastewater; Enterococci; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; EFFLUENTS; SEPTIC TANKS; WETLANDS;

BIOLOG SYSTEMS; BIOLOGS; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FLOWTHROUGH; SEPTIC TANK EFFLUENT; SUBSURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECAL COLIFORM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUBSURFACE FLOW; TAXONOMY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; EFFLUENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; NONHUMAN; SEPTIC TANK; SPECIES DOMINANCE; WASTE WATER; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FLAVESCENS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOAVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.;

EID: 77949374783     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04516.x     Document Type: Article

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