Lack of correlation between enterococcal counts and the presence of human specific fecal markers in Mississippi creek and coastal waters

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 872-878

  Flood, C ^a   Ufnar, J ^c   Wang, S ^a   Johnson, J ^b   Carr, M ^a   Ellender, R ^a  

^a The University of Southern Mississippi   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Enterococci; Human markers; Methanobrevibacter; MultiNA

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTEROIDALES; ENTEROCOCCI; HUMAN MARKERS; METHANOBREVIBACTER; MULTINA;

SEWAGE;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; CORRELATION; ELECTROKINESIS; GENETIC MARKER; MARINE POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; COASTAL WATERS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; COST; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECES ANALYSIS; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASHORE; SEWAGE; UNITED STATES;

MISSISSIPPI; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDALES; METHANOBREVIBACTER; METHANOBREVIBACTER SMITHII;

EID: 78650419149     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.09.026     Document Type: Article

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