Characterization of Enterococcus faecalis-infecting phages (enterophages) as markers of human fecal pollution in recreational waters

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 4716-4725

  Santiago Rodríguez, Tasha M ^a   Dávila, Catalina ^a   González, Joel ^b   Bonilla, Natasha ^a   Marcos, Patricia ^a   Urdaneta, Miguel ^a   Cadete, Manuela ^c   Monteiro, Sílvia ^c   Santos, Ricardo ^c   Domingo, Jorge Santo ^b   Toranzos, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Enterophages; Fecal pollution; Indicators

Indexed keywords

BACILLI; BACTERIOPHAGES; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); SEWAGE; WATERSHEDS;

ENTEROCOCCI; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROPHAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER SAMPLES; FECAL POLLUTION; HUMAN FECAL POLLUTION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECES; FRESHWATER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; POLLUTION MONITORING; REAL TIME; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SAND; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIPHAGE; DNA VIRUS; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROPHAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECAL COLIFORM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; VIRUS ISOLATION; VIRUS MORPHOGENESIS; VIRUS MORPHOLOGY; VIRUS PLAQUE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING; WATERSHED;

ANIMALIA; DNA VIRUSES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 77957016458     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.078     Document Type: Article

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