Effects of starvation on physiological activity and chlorine disinfection resistance in Escherichia coli O157:H7

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 4658-4662

  Lisle, John T ^a   Broadaway, Susan C ^a   Prescott, Annette M ^b   Pyle, Barry H ^a   Fricker, Colin ^b   Mcfeters, Gordon A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THAMES WATER UTILITIES LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 CYANO 2,3 DI 4 TOLYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; ESTERASE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; RHODAMINE 123; RNA 16S; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; CELL RESPIRATION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; STARVATION; STRESS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031793210     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.12.4658-4662.1998     Document Type: Article

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