Fecal indicators and bacterial pathogens in bottled water from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Fecal indicators and bacterial pathogens in bottled water from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Forty-six bottled water samples representing 16 brands from Dhaka, Bangladesh were tested for the numbers of total coliforms, fecal indicator bacteria (i.e., thermotolerant Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp.) and potential bacterial pathogens (i.e., Aeromonas hydrophil, Pseudomonas aeruginos, Sa...

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Main Authors: W. Ahmed, R. Yusuf, I. Hasan, W. Ashraf, A. Goonetilleke, S. Toze, T. Gardner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia 2013-01-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
Subjects:
bottled water
fecal indicator bacteria
quantitative PCR
bacterial pathogens
public health risk
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822013000100013

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