Evaluation of Enterococcus-infecting phages as indices of fecal pollution

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 51-63

  Santiago Rodriguez, Tasha M ^a   Marcos, Patricia ^a   Monteiro, Silvia ^b   Urdaneta, Miguel ^a   Santos, Ricardo ^b   Toranzos, Gary A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Enterophages; Fecal pollution; Microbial indicators; Microbial source tracking

Indexed keywords

FRESH WATER; STERILE WATER; TAP WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; FECAL PELLET; INFECTIVITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEWAGE; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATTLE; CHICKEN; COLIPHAGE; DOG; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DISPAR; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS PSEUDOAVIUM; EVALUATION; FECES; HOST; HUMAN; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEWAGE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TYPE STRAIN; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLIPHAGES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ANIMALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 84878873239     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2012.100     Document Type: Article

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