Comamonas acidovorans contamination of dental unit waters

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 52-55

  Stampi, S ^a   Zanetti, F ^b   Bergamaschi, A ^b   De Luca, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; COLONISATION; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; RESIDUAL CHLORINES; SUPPLY LINES; TOTAL BACTERIAL COUNT; WATER CHARACTERISTICS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER SYSTEM;

AIR;

CHLORINE; ORGANIC MATTER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; DENTAL CLINIC; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; COMAMONAS ACIDOVORANS; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032772481     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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