Speciation and antimicrobial resistance of Enterococci isolated from recreational beaches in Malaysia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 1583-1599

  Dada, Ayokunle Christopher ^a   Ahmad, Asmat ^a   Usup, Gires ^a   Heng, Lee Yook ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Beach sand; Enterococcus; Malaysia; Recreational beach

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; BEACH SAND; ENTEROCOCCUS; MALAYSIA; RECREATIONAL BEACHES;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACILLI; MICROORGANISMS; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL TESTS;

BEACHES;

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; NEOMYCIN; NOVOBIOCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; COASTAL ZONE; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; SEWAGE; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); TOXIC ORGANISM; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; MALAYSIA; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; RECREATION; SEASHORE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SWIMMING; WATER POLLUTION;

MALAYSIA;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

BATHING BEACHES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECREATION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874406852     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-2653-6     Document Type: Article

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