Colonization and disinfection of biofilms hosting coliform-colonized carbon fines

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4428-4432

  Morin, Pierre ^a   Camper, Anne ^a   Jones, Warren ^a   Gatel, Dominique ^b   Goldman, J C ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

^c Metcalf and Eddy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER;

ACTIVE FILTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0030000835     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.62.12.4428-4432.1996     Document Type: Article

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