Occurrence and seasonal variation of airborne gram negative bacteria in a sewage treatment plant

New Microbiologica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 97-104

  Stampi, S ^a   Zanetti, F ^a   Crestani, A ^a   De Luca, G ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Aerosol; Gram negative bacteria; Seasonal variation; Sewage treatment plant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CLASSIFICATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SEASON; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; SEASONS; SEWAGE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0033648465     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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