Molecular detection of Helicobacter pylori in a large Mediterranean river, by direct viable count fluorescent in situ hybridization (DVC-FISH)

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 868-873

  Tirodimos, Ilias ^a   Bobos, Mattheos ^a   Kazakos, Evangelos ^b   Haidich, Anna Bettina ^a   Dardavessis, Theodore ^a   Kostopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Arvanitidou, Malamatenia ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aliakmon river; DVC FISH; Helicobacter pylori

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RIVER WATER;

FLUORESCENCE; GERM CELL; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; RIVER WATER; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTAMINATION; DIRECT VIABLE COUNT FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECAL COLIFORM; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GREECE; HEALTH HAZARD; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; NONHUMAN; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; BACTERIAL LOAD; CLASSIFICATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ALIAKMON RIVER; GREECE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BACTERIAL LOAD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GREECE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; RIVERS;

EID: 84919951811     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.171     Document Type: Article

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