Identification of protozoa in dairy lagoon wastewater that consume Escherichia coli O157:H7 preferentially

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Ravva, Subbarao V ^a   Sarreal, Chester Z ^a   Mandrell, Robert E ^a  

^a WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COUNT; CELL VACUOLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; INOCULATION; LAGOON; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARASITE IDENTIFICATION; PARASITE ISOLATION; PREDATION; PROTOZOON; RNA SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; DAIRYING; EPIDEMIC; GENETICS; MANURE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POACEAE; STEM CELL; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLPODA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA; VORTICELLA; VORTICELLA MICROSTOMA;

DAIRYING; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MANURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; POACEAE; STEM CELLS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 78650880795     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015671     Document Type: Article

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