Fluorescent dye labeled bacteriophages - A new tracer for the investigation of viral transport in porous media: 1. Introduction and characterization

Water Research

Volumn 36, Issue 17, 2002, Pages 4227-4234

  Gitis, Vitaly ^a   Adin, Avner ^a   Nasser, Abed ^b   Gun, Jenny ^a   Lev, Ovadia ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Deep bed filtration; MS2 bacteriophage; Porous media; Tracer studies

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; TURBIDITY;

PATHOGEN TRANSPORTS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYE; MICROSPHERE; RHODAMINE; TRACER;

DYE; FLUORESCENCE; POROUS MEDIUM; TRACER; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBIDITY; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; FLUOROMETRY; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PH;

UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

BACTERIOPHAGES; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETRY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOVEMENT; POROSITY;

EID: 0036803492     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(02)00163-X     Document Type: Article

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