The influence of predation and competition on the survival of commensal and pathogenic fecal bacteria in aquatic habitats

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 517-526

  Wanjugi, Pauline ^a   Harwood, Valerie J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; KANAMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RIVER; SEDIMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISINFECTION; ECOSYSTEM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; KANAMYCIN; RIVERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84873104023     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2012.02877.x     Document Type: Article

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