Detection of animal viruses in coastal seawater and sediments.
Animal viruses, predominantly enteroviruses, were detected in shallow water at bottom depths and in clastic marine sediments. Viruses accumulated in sandy and slimy deposits of the sea bottom near the shore and could be easily released into water by means of simple mechanical shaking.
D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007558:Italy; D012623:Seawater; D012988:Soil Microbiology; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014776:Virus Cultivation; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution