The use of multiple indices of physiological activity to access viability in chlorine disinfected Escherichia coli O157:H7

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-47

  Lisle, J T ^a   Pyle, B H ^a   McFeters, G A ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHLORINE DISINFECTION; DIRECT VIABLE COUNTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MEMBRANE INTEGRITY; MEMBRANE POTENTIALS; MULTIPLE INDEX; PHYSIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES; RESPIRATORY ACTIVITY; RHODAMINE 123;

CHLORINE;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL COUNT; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032780720     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00572.x     Document Type: Article

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