Presence and persistence of Legionella spp. in groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 663-671

  Costa, Joana ^a   Tiago, Igor ^a   Da Costa, Milton S ^a   Veríssimo, António ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; GENES; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MICROBIOLOGY; PLUMBING; PUMPS;

COLONIZATION; GENETIC GROUPS; ISOLATES; LEGIONELLA SPP.;

GROUNDWATER;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; GROUND WATER; PROTEIN DOTA; RNA POLYMERASE BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BOREHOLE; GROUNDWATER; PERSISTENCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONDINIENSIS; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SAINTHELENSI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FATTY ACIDS; FRESH WATER; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONDINIENSIS; LEGIONELLA OAKRIDGENSIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SAINTHELENSI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 13544276883     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.2.663-671.2005     Document Type: Article

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