Enterococcus faecium of the vanA genotype in rural drinking water, effluent, and the aqueous environment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 596-598

  Morris, Dearbháile ^a   Galvin, Sandra ^a   Boyle, Fiona ^a   Hickey, Paul ^b   Mulligan, Martina ^c   Cormican, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^c Mutton Island Waste Water Treatment Plant   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACILLI; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

EFFLUENTS;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING WATER; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RURAL POPULATION;

BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; RURAL POPULATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84855752784     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06636-11     Document Type: Article

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