Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Grimes, D J
• Atwell, R W
• Brayton, P R
• Palmer, L M
• Rollins, D M
• Roszak, D B
• Singleton, F L
• Tamplin, M L
• Colwell, R R

Titel

The fate of enteric pathogenic bacteria in estuarine and marine environments

Ist Teil von

• Microbiological sciences, 1986-11, Vol.3 (11), p.324

Ort / Verlag

England

Erscheinungsjahr

1986

Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Sufficient laboratory and field data are now available to hypothesize that enteric pathogens survive for very long periods of time in sea-water. In fact, these Gram-negative bacteria probably enter into dormancy, during which they remain viable and potentially virulent, yet are non-culturable when traditional bacteriological methods are employed. Increasing use of the world's oceans-for discharge of domestic wastes may result in public health problems in the future from the allochthonous human pathogens accumulating in the marine environment at disposal sites.