Influence of land use and nutrient flux on metabolic activity of E. coli O157 in river water

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3077-3083

  Williams, A P ^a   Quilliam, R S ^a   Thorn, C E ^a   Cooper, D ^b   Reynolds, B ^b   Jones, D L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal waste; Microbial pollution; Quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA); Sewage; Verocytotoxigenic E. coli (VTEC); Water Framework Directive

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WASTES; E. COLI; MICROBIAL POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVES;

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE CHANGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTRATION; HEALTH RISKS; LAND USE; LOADING; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE; WATER CONSERVATION;

WATER POLLUTION;

RIVER WATER;

AUTOCHTHONY; CHROMOSOME; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; LAND USE; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROCOSM; NUTRIENT; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FILTER; LAND USE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; MICROCOSM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREDICTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84863418961     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1090-z     Document Type: Article

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