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Abundance and characteristics of the recreational water quality indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and enterococci in gull faeces.
Journal of applied microbiology - 1 Jan 2003
Fogarty L R, Haack S K, Wolcott M J, Whitman R L
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: To evaluate the numbers and selected phenotypic and genotypic characteristics of the faecal indicator bacteria Escherichia coli and enterococci in gull faeces at representative Great Lakes swimming beaches in the United States. METHODS AND RESULTS: E. coli and enterococci were enumerated in gull faeces by membrane filtration. E. coli genotypes (rep-PCR genomic profiles) and E. coli (Vitek GNI+) and...
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