Monitoring Urban Beach Quality on a Summer Day: Determination of the Origin of Fecal Indicator Bacteria and Antimicrobial Resistance at Prophète Beach, Marseille (France)

A highly frequented beach in Marseille, France, was monitored on an hourly basis during a summer day in July 2018, to determine possible water and sand fecal pollution, in parallel with influx of beach users from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fecal indicator bacteria were enumerated, together with four host-asso...

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Main Authors: Mylène Toubiana, Christian Salles, Marie-George Tournoud, Patricia Licznar-Fajardo, Isabelle Zorgniotti, Marie-Laure Trémélo, Estelle Jumas-Bilak, Samuel Robert, Patrick Monfort
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.710346/full