Presence of Enterococcus faecalis in broiler litter and wild bird feces for bacterial source tracking

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3551-3557

  Kuntz, Robin L ^a   Hartel, Peter G ^a   Rodgers, Karen ^a   Segars, William I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fecal enterococci; Fecal indicator bacteria; Isolation medium; Microbial source tracking; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BROILER LITTER; HUMAN SEWAGE; WILD BIRDS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; FECES; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER SAMPLING; WILD TYPE;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 8444226674     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.05.021     Document Type: Article

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