Molecular subtypes of Campylobacter spp., Salmonella enterica, and Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolated from faecal and surface water samples in the Oldman River watershed, Alberta, Canada

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1247-1257

  Jokinen, C ^a   Edge, T A ^b   Ho, S ^a   Koning, W ^c   Laing, C ^a   Mauro, W ^a   Medeiros, D ^d   Miller, J ^e   Robertson, W ^d   Taboada, E ^a   Thomas, J E ^f   Topp, E ^e   Ziebell, K ^a   Gannon, V P J ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^e AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Comparative genomic fingerprinting; FlaA; PFGE; Phage type; Serovar

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ELECTROPHORESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; PATHOGENS; RIVER POLLUTION; SALMONELLA; SURFACE WATERS; WATERSHEDS;

CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC FINGERPRINTING; COMPARATIVE GENOMICS; FLAA; GENOMIC FINGERPRINTING; PFGE; PHAGE TYPES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROVARS; WATER SAMPLES;

SEWAGE;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN FLAA; SURFACE WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BIRD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE; SURFACE WATER; WATERSHED; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CANADA; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC FINGERPRINTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GOOSE; HOST; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEROTYPE; SEWAGE; SWINE; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ALBERTA; CANADA; OLDMAN BASIN;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS; CAMPYLOBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR RUBISLAW; SUIDAE;

EID: 78650537293     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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