Phosphorus and bacterial growth in drinking water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 3242-3245

  Miettinen, Ilkka T ^a,b   Vartiainen, Terttu ^a   Martikainen, Pertti J ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Lab of Environmental Microbiology   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PHOSPHORUS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTABLE WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; NONHUMAN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

FINLAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030739129     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.8.3242-3245.1997     Document Type: Article

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