Investigation of Reservoirs of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Water Quality on the Presence of Allochthonous Pathogens and the Ecology and Virulence of Vibrio vulnificus
The quality of recreational and shellfishing waters has historically been monitored using commensal, allochthonous bacteria shed in feces (fecal indicator bacteria, FIB). The fate of FIB in the environment should mimic that of bacterial, protozoan, and viral human pathogens, which may also be alloch...
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Scholar Commons
2012
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4228 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=5424&context=etd |