Comparison of free-living amoebae in hot water systems of hospitals with isolates from moist sanitary areas by identifying genera and determining temperature tolerance

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1822-1824

  Rohr, Ute ^a   Weber, Susanne ^a   Michel, Rolf ^b   Selenka, Fidelis ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Ernst Rodenwaldt Institut Koblenz   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NAEGLERIA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOAL INFECTION; SARCODINA; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ECHINAMOEBA; ECHINAMOEBAE; HARTMANNELLA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; NAEGLERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTOZOA; SACCAMOEBA; SACCAMOEBAE; SARCODINA; VAHLKAMPFIA; VANELLA;

EID: 0031834559     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.64.5.1822-1824.1998     Document Type: Article

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