An attempt to identify the likely sources of escherichia coli harboring toxin genes in rainwater tanks

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5193-5197

  Ahmed, W ^a,b   Sidhu, J P S ^a,b   Toze, S ^a,c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOCHEMICAL PHENOTYPES; E. COLI; FECAL CONTAMINATION; FECAL SAMPLES; PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES; QUEENSLAND; TOXIN GENES; TREE BRANCHES;

ANIMALS; GENES; ROOFS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TOXIC MATERIALS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ALPHA HEMOLYSIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; CYTOLETHAL DISTENDING TOXIN; CYTOTOXIC NECROTIZING FACTOR 1; ESCHERICHIA COLI ENTEROTOXIN; HEAT LABILE TOXIN 1; HEAT STABLE ENTEROTOXIN; HEAT STABLE TOXIN 1; HEMOLYSIN; RAIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIRD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FECES; HARBOR; MARSUPIAL; PATHOTYPE; RAINWATER; TOXIN; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROINVASIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENTEROTOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIRDS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; GENES, BACTERIAL; OPOSSUMS; RAIN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

ANIMALIA; AVES; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84860496005     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300292y     Document Type: Article

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