Biological and physicochemical wastewater treatment processes reduce the prevalence of virulent Escherichia coli

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 835-844

  Frigon, Dominic ^a   Biswal, Basanta Kumar ^a   Mazza, Alberto ^b   Masson, Luke ^b   Gehr, Ronald ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AFTER-TREATMENT; DNA MICRO-ARRAY; E. COLI; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PATHOGENIC E. COLI; QUINOLONES; RESISTANCE GENES; TREATMENT PROCESS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; VIRULENCE GENE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; EFFLUENTS; GENES; PATHOGENS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL DNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOLOGICAL METHOD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA; GENE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; VIRULENCE; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; VIRULENCE FACTORS; WASTE WATER; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84873845573     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02789-12     Document Type: Article

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