Novel Bacteroides host strains for detection of human- and animal-specific bacteriophages in water

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 159-168

  Wicki, Melanie ^a,b,c   Auckenthaler, Adrian ^d   Felleisen, Richard ^a   Tanner, Marcel ^b,c   Baumgartner, Andreas ^a  

^a FEDERAL OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d Office for Environmental Protection and Energy   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Contamination; Indicator; Pollution; Source tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; DETECTION METHOD; FECES; SPRING WATER; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES CACCAE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON; COW; FECES; HORSE; HOST; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; SWITZERLAND; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS ISOLATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANIMAL; CATTLE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SWINE; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

SWITZERLAND;

ANIMALIA; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES THETAIOTAOMICRON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BACTEROIDES; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HORSES; HUMANS; SWINE; SWITZERLAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 79954561243     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2010.165     Document Type: Article

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