Determination of cytotoxicity and invasiveness of heterotrophic plate count bacteria isolated from drinking water

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 115-121

  Pavlov, D ^a   De Wet, C M E ^a   Grabow, W O K ^a   Ehlers, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cytotoxicity; Drinking water; Health risk; Heterotrophic plate count bacteria; Invasiveness; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; TOXICITY;

PATHOGENICITY;

POTABLE WATER;

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; COAGULASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DRINKING WATER; ELASTASE; FLUORESCEIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PLASMIN; PROTEINASE; PYOCYANINE;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL INVASION; CELL LINE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFECTION RISK; KLEBSIELLA; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SOUTH AFRICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIBRIO; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA; MICROBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TSUKAMURELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 0036336816     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2002.0093     Document Type: Conference Paper

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