Seasonal abundance and distribution of Vibrio species in the treated effluent of wastewater treatment facilities in suburban and urban communities of Eastern Cape Province, South Africa

Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 224-232

  Igbinosa, Etinosa O ^a   Obi, Chikwelu L ^b   Okoh, Anthony I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

environmental parameters; public health; treated effluents; Vibrio pathogens

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHOTOMETRY; SEASON; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRIO; WATER MANAGEMENT;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SEASONS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VIBRIO; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

VIBRIO; VIBRIO FLUVIALIS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 79955704961     PISSN: 12258873     EISSN: 12258873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12275-011-0227-x     Document Type: Article

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