Concentration and Detection of Cryptosporidium Oocysts in Surface Water Samples by Method 1622 Using Ultrafiltration and Capsule Filtration

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1123-1127

  Simmons III, Otto D ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^a   Heaney, Christopher D ^a   Schaefer III, Frank W ^b   Francy, Donna S ^c  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; GOVERNMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARD; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0035286665     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.67.3.1123-1127.2001     Document Type: Article

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