Sorbitol-fermenting bifidobacteria are indicators of very recent human faecal pollution in streams and groundwater habitats in urban tropical lowlands

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 466-478

  Mushi, Douglas ^a   Byamukama, Denis ^b   Kivaisi, Amelia K ^c   Mach, Robert L ^d   Farnleitner, Andreas H ^d  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAR ES SALAAM   (Tanzania)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Microbial faecal pollution; Microbial source tracking; Sorbitol fermenting Bifidobacteria; Standard and alternative faecal indicators; Tropical water bodies; Urban areas; Water quality

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; FRESH WATER; SEWAGE; SORBITOL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACKGROUND LEVEL; BACTERIUM; EXCRETION; FECES; FERMENTATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROCOSM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STREAMWATER; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY; WATER RESOURCE;

ARTICLE; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; HUMAN; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SORBITOL FERMENTING BIFIDOBACTERIUM; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEALTH; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; SEWAGE; TANZANIA; TROPIC CLIMATE;

ANIMALS; BIFIDOBACTERIUM; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; SEWAGE; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SORBITOL; TANZANIA; TROPICAL CLIMATE; URBAN HEALTH; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 77956244591     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.116     Document Type: Article

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