Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship?
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Study Area and Sample Collection
4.2. Enumeration of E. coli and Intestinal Enterococci
4.3. Enumeration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
4.4. Statistical Analysis
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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STP | CJ (Beach 1) | PAS (Beach 2) | ||||||||||
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Mean | n | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | n | Minimum | Maximum | Mean | n | Minimum | Maximum | |
P. aeruginosa(CFU/100 mL) | 135.8 | 18 | 0.0 | 1800.0 | 0.7 | 18 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 0.3 | 18 | 0.0 | 5.0 |
E. coli(MPN/100 mL) | 1100.1 | 16 | 0.0 | 5172.0 | 16.5 | 18 | 0.0 | 74.0 | 14.1 | 18 | 0.0 | 75.0 |
Intestinal enterococci(MPN/100 mL) | 2685.9 | 18 | 0.0 | 24196.0 | 100.5 | 18 | 0.0 | 455.8 | 145.9 | 18 | 0.0 | 720.2 |
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Januário, A.P.; Afonso, C.N.; Mendes, S.; Rodrigues, M.J. Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship? Pathogens 2020, 9, 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010013
Januário AP, Afonso CN, Mendes S, Rodrigues MJ. Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship? Pathogens. 2020; 9(1):13. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010013
Chicago/Turabian StyleJanuário, Adriana P., Clélia N. Afonso, Susana Mendes, and Maria J. Rodrigues. 2020. "Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship?" Pathogens 9, no. 1: 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010013
APA StyleJanuário, A. P., Afonso, C. N., Mendes, S., & Rodrigues, M. J. (2020). Faecal Indicator Bacteria and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Marine Coastal Waters: Is there a Relationship? Pathogens, 9(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens9010013