Adhesion of Enterococcus faecalis in the nonculturable state to plankton is the main mechanism responsible for persistence of this bacterium in both lake and seawater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 6892-6896

  Signoretto, Caterina ^a   Burlacchini, Gloria ^a   Lleò, Maria Del Mar ^a   Pruzzo, Carla ^c   Zampini, Massimiliano ^c   Pane, Luigi ^d   Franzini, Giorgio ^b   Canepari, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Agenzia Regionale Prev P   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAKES; SEAWATER;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECAL INDICATORS; ZOOPLANKTON;

MICROBIOLOGY;

SEA WATER;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; LAKE WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FRESH WATER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; ZOOPLANKTON;

ADRIATIC SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LAKE GARDA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 8744238224     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.11.6892-6896.2004     Document Type: Article

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