Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in private drinking water wells: Influences of protozoan grazing and elevated copper concentrations

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 117-122

  Artz, Rebekka R E ^a   Killham, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial predation; Bioluminescence; Escherichia coli O157:H7; lux; Metal toxicity; Survival

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; WELL WATER; FRESH WATER;

ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FILTRATION; INOCULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LUMINESCENCE; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTOZOA;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COPPER; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FRESH WATER; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PROTOZOA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0037195383     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01002-9     Document Type: Article

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