Bacteriophages as indicators of faecal pollution and enteric virus removal

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 11-26

  McMinn, B R ^a   Ashbolt, N J ^b   Korajkic, A ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

ambient water; bacteriophage; faecal indicators; viruses; waste; wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; PATHOGENS; RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AMBIENT WATERS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ENTERIC VIRUS; FAECAL INDICATOR BACTERIA; FATE AND TRANSPORT; FECAL INDICATORS; FECAL POLLUTION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; VIRUS REMOVAL;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FRESH WATER; SEA WATER; SURFACE WATER; WASTE WATER;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOINDICATOR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; VIRUS; WASTE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES; COLIPHAGE; DENSITY; ENTERIC VIRUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; VIRUS SURVIVAL; WASTE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; VIROLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTEROIDES SP.;

BACTEROIDES; COLIPHAGES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROVIRUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; HUMANS; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85020480040     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12736     Document Type: Review

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