Environmental mycobacteria in drinking water before and after replacement of the water distribution network

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 120, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 273-282

  Tsintzou, A ^a   Vantarakis, A ^a   Pagonopoulou, O ^a   Athanassiadou, A ^a   Papapetropoulou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Environmental mycobacteria; PCR

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; ENZYMES; POTABLE WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MYCOBACTERIA; RESTRICTION ENZYME ANALYSIS POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

DRINKING WATER; INDICATOR;

BACTERIUM; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; REMEDIATION; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; GREECE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY;

GREECE; PATRAS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM CHELONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM FLAVESCENS; MYCOBACTERIUM FORTUITUM; MYCOBACTERIUM GORDONAE; MYCOBACTERIUM KANSASII; MYCOBACTERIUM PHLEI; MYCOBACTERIUM TERRAE;

EID: 0033932752     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005266827726     Document Type: Article

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