Rapid Detection and Enumeration of Legionella pneumophila in Hot Water Systems by Solid-Phase Cytometry

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1651-1657

  Aurell, Helena ^a,b   Catala, Philippe ^b   Farge, Pierre ^a   Wallet, France ^c   Le Brun, Matthieu ^c   Helbig, Jürgen H ^d   Jarraud, Sophie ^a   Lebaron, Philippe ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Bactériologie   (France)

^b STATION DE RADIOASTRONOMIE DE NANÇAY   (France)

^c Division Recherche et Developpement   (France)

^d DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; CELL CULTURE; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; FILTRATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT;

HOT WATER SYSTEMS; SOLID-PHASE CYTOMETRY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

HOT WATER;

DETECTION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CROSS REACTION; CYTOMETRY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MEMBRANE FILTER; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HEAT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 1642275453     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.3.1651-1657.2004     Document Type: Article

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