Microbial diversity of biofilms in dental unit water systems

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 3412-3420

  Singh, Ruby ^a   Stine, O Colin ^a   Smith, David L ^a   Spitznagel Jr , John K ^a   Labib, Mohamed E ^b   Williams, Henry N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Novaflux Technologies   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELL CULTURE; CLONING; DNA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROBIAL DIVERSITY;

BACTERIA;

BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL WASTE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

AFIPIA; BACILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; GEOBACTER; LEPTOSPIRA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 0037641068     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.6.3412-3420.2003     Document Type: Article

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