Persistence of biofilm-associated Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in groundwater and treated effluent in a laboratory model system

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-55

  Banning, Natasha ^a,b   Toze, Simon ^a   Mee, Brian J ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; GROUND WATER;

ANIMAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPETITION; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYPOTHESIS; INHIBITION KINETICS; LABORATORY TEST; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER FLOW; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FRESH WATER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HUMANS; LABORATORIES; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0037256243     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.25938-0     Document Type: Review

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