Sample storage impact on the assimilable organic carbon (AOC) bioassay

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1680-1686

  Escobar, Isabel C ^a   Randall, Andrew A ^a  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Assimilable organic carbon; Bacterial growth; Drinking water; Pasteurization; Storage

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BACTERIA; CARBON; CHLORINE; FERMENTATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THERMAL EFFECTS; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADABLE ORGANIC MATTER; CHLORINE RESIDUAL NEUTRALIZATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; PASTEURIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SAMPLE STORAGE; SPIRILLUM;

BIOASSAY;

CARBON; DRINKING WATER; ICE; ORGANIC MATTER; TAP WATER;

STORAGE;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOASSAY; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINATION; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FERMENTATION; HEAT TREATMENT; PASTEURIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SPIRILLUM; STORAGE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0034174468     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(99)00309-7     Document Type: Article

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