Survival of bacterial indicator species and bacteriophages after thermal treatment of sludge and sewage

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 1452-1456

  Mocé Llivina, Laura ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a   Pimenta Vale, Hugo ^a   Lucena, Francisco ^a   Jofre, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEWATERING; RNA; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

BACTERIA;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; RNA; SULFITE;

BACTERIUM; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIUM; COLIPHAGE; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEATING; NONHUMAN; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SLUDGE TREATMENT; TEMPERATURE; VIRUS SURVIVAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROVIRUS; HEAT; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; CLOSTRIDIA; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA VIRUSES; ENTEROVIRUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA CHOLERAESUIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0037338315     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.3.1452-1456.2003     Document Type: Article

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