Enterophages, a group of phages infecting Enterococcus faecalis, and their potential as alternate indicators of human faecal contamination

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 293-300

  Bonilla, N ^a   Santiago, T ^a   Marcos, P ^a   Urdaneta, M ^a   Santo Domingo, J ^b   Toranzos, G A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Enterophages; Faecal contamination; Indicators; Recreational waters

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; CONTAMINATION; MICROORGANISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION;

COLIPHAGES; DOMESTIC SEWAGE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; HUMAN FAECAL; MICROBIOTAS; RAPID DETECTION; RECREATIONAL WATER;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; DOMESTIC WASTE; FECAL PELLET; HUMAN ACTIVITY; INFECTIVITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; SEWAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLIPHAGE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES CONTAMINATION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS REPLICATION; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIROLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MIRIDAE;

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77950347641     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.815     Document Type: Article

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