Persistence and growth of the fecal indicator bacteria enterococci in detritus and natural estuarine plankton communities

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2569-2577

  Mote, Beth L ^a   Turner, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Lipp, Erin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SEAWATER; BULK WATER; CARBON SUBSTRATES; COASTAL WATER QUALITY; COASTAL WATERS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS SPP; ESTUARINE WATERS; FECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; GEORGIA; ISOLATED SPECIES; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON COMMUNITIES; SIZE FRACTION; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WARM-BLOODED ANIMALS;

ANIMALS; BACILLI; ESTUARIES; SEAWATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

OCEAN HABITATS;

BACTERIUM; COASTAL WATER; DETRITUS; EPIPHYTE; ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; FECES; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PLANKTON; PUBLIC HEALTH; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GEORGIA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

GEORGIA; SKIDAWAY ESTUARY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84861180853     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06902-11     Document Type: Article

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