Establishment of a continuous model system to study Helicobacter pylori survival in potable water biofilms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 155-160

  Azevedo, N F ^a,b   Vieira, M J ^b   Keevil, C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Episcopic differential interference contrast microscopy; Helicobacter pylori; Peptide nucleic acids

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; MICROORGANISMS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POTABLE WATER; STAINLESS STEEL;

MOLECULAR PROBES;

BIOFILMS;

DRINKING WATER; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; RNA 16S; STAINLESS STEEL;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DRINKING WATER;

ASSAY; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FILTER; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; INOCULATION; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULAR PROBE; MONITORING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 0242684618     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2003.0307     Document Type: Conference Paper

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