Microbial quality of tropical inland waters and effects of rainfall events

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5160-5169

  Santiago Rodriguez, Tasha M ^a   Tremblay, Raymond L ^a,b   Toledo Hernandez, Carlos ^c   Gonzalez Nieves, Joel E ^c   Ryu, Hodon ^c   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^c   Toranzosa, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTEROIDES; COLIFORMS; COLIPHAGES; CONVENTIONAL METHODS; CULTURE METHODS; DILUTION EFFECT; FECAL POLLUTION; INLAND WATERS; MICROBIAL QUALITY; PCR ASSAY; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; RAINFALL EVENT; RAPID DETECTION; SAMPLE COLLECTION; THERMOTOLERANT; TROPICAL WATERS; WATER QUALITY GUIDELINES; WATER TYPES; WATERBODIES;

ANIMALS; ASSAYS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; LAKES; LANDFORMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAIN; WATER QUALITY; WATERSHEDS;

WATER POLLUTION;

RAIN;

BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAINFALL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; LAKE; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TROPIC CLIMATE; VIROLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTEROIDES; CATTLE; CHICKENS; COLIPHAGES; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; HUMANS; LAKES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUERTO RICO; RAIN; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTEROIDES; BOS; ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 84866148213     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.07773-11     Document Type: Article

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