Arcobacter cryaerophilus and thermophilic campylobacters in a sewage treatment plant in Italy: Two secondary treatments compared

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 633-639

  Stampi, S ^a   Varoli, O ^a   Zanetti, F ^a   de Luca, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE DIOXIDE; OXYGEN;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER; CAMPYLOBACTER COLI; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITALY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SLAUGHTERHOUSE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CAMPYLOBACTER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ITALY; SEWAGE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 0027227458     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: 14694409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268800051050     Document Type: Article

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