Clostridium perfringens is not suitable for the indication of fecal pollution from ruminant wildlife but is associated with excreta from nonherbivorous animals and human sewage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 5089-5092

  Vierheilig, J ^a   Frick, C ^a,b   Mayer, R E ^a   Kirschner, A K T ^c,d   Reischer, G H ^a,d   Derx, J ^a   Mach, R L ^a,d   Sommer, R ^c,d   Farnleitner, A H ^a,d  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b Laboratories for Environmental Medicine (IFUM)   (Australia)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^d Interuniversity Cooperation Centre for Water and Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOSTRIDIUM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FECAL POLLUTION; FECAL SOURCES;

ANIMALS;

FECES; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION INCIDENCE; RUMINANT; SEWAGE;

ANIMALIA; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 84880987192     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01396-13     Document Type: Article

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