The fecal bacteria

"The Fecal Bacteria offers a balanced, integrated discussion of fecal bacteria and their presence and ecology in the intestinal tract of mammals, in the environment, and in the food supply. This new volume covers their use in examining and assessing water quality in order to offer protection fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Sadowsky, M. J., Whitman, Richard Lincoln
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington, DC : ASM Press, ©2011.
Subjects
Enterobacteriaceae.
Feces > Microbiology.
Fresh water > Analysis.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781613442586
1613442580
9781555816865
155581686X
9781683671206
1683671201
9781555816087
1555816088
Physical Description1 online resource (xii, 315 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • The fecal environment, the gut / Denis O. Krause and Ehsan Khafipour
  • Taxonomy, phylogeny, and physiology of fecal indicator bacteria / Militza Carrero-Colón, Gene S. Wickham, and Ronald F. Turco
  • The gut microbiota : ecology and function / Benjamin P. Willing and Janet K. Jansson
  • Animals and humans as sources of fecal indicator bacteria / Christopher K. Yost, Moussa S. Diarra, and Edward Topp
  • Environmental sources of fecal bacteria / Muruleedhara N. Byappanahalli and Satoshi Ishii
  • Physical and biological factors influencing environmental sources of fecal indicator bacteria in surface water / Richard L. Whitman [and others].
  • Impacts of fecal bacteria on human and animal health : pathogens and virulence genes / Timothy J. Johnson
  • Modeling fate and transport of fecal bacteria in surface water / Meredith B. Nevers and Alexandria B. Boehm
  • Microbial source tracking / Valerie J. Harwood, Hodon Ryu, and Jorge Santo Domingo
  • Prevalence and fate of gut-associated human pathogens in the environment / Katherine G. McElhany and Suresh D. Pillai
  • Classical and molecular methods to measure fecal bacteria / Thomas A. Edge and Alexandria B. Boehm
  • Fecal bacteria and foods / Francisco Diez-Gonzalez
  • Conclusions and future use of fecal indicator bacteria for monitoring water quality and protecting human health / Michael J. Sadowsky and Richard L. Whitman.

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