Human enteric viruses in groundwater indicate offshore transport of human sewage to coral reefs of the Upper Florida Keys

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 964-974

  Futch, J Carrie ^a   Griffin, Dale W ^b   Lipp, Erin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANTHOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; DNA, VIRAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; FECES; FLORIDA; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, VIRAL; SEAWATER; SEWAGE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77954653323     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02141.x     Document Type: Article

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