Effect of incubation temperature on the detection of thermophilic Campylobacter species from freshwater beaches, nearby wastewater effluents, and bird fecal droppings

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 24, 2013, Pages 7639-7645

  Khan, Izhar U H ^a,b   Hill, Stephen ^a   Nowak, Eva ^a   Edge, Thomas A ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER SPP; CAMPYLOBACTERS; INCUBATION TEMPERATURES; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACERS; LARGE-SCALE STUDIES; THERMOPHILIC CAMPYLOBACTERS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

BACTERIA; BIRDS; GENES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; SURFACE WATERS;

EFFLUENTS;

BEACH; BIOASSAY; EFFLUENT; FECES; FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; INCUBATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SAMPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

FRESH WATER; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION STUDY; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CAMPYLOBACTER LARI; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; FRESH WATER; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; ONTARIO; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84888258767     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02324-13     Document Type: Article

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