A Comparison of Microbial Water Quality and Diversity for Ballast and Tropical Harbor Waters.

Indicator organisms and antibiotic resistance were used as a proxy to measure microbial water quality of ballast tanks of ships, and surface waters in a tropical harbor. The survival of marine bacteria in ballast tanks appeared to diminish over longer water retention time, with a reduction of cell v...

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Main Authors: Charmaine Ng, Thai-Hoang Le, Shin Giek Goh, Liang Liang, Yiseul Kim, Joan B Rose, Karina Gin Yew-Hoong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0143123