Standardised evaluation of the performance of a simple membrane filtration-elution method to concentrate bacteriophages from drinking water

Journal of Virological Methods

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 19-25

  Méndez, Javier ^a   Audicana, Ana ^b   Isern, Ana ^c   Llaneza, Julián ^d   Moreno, Belén ^e   Tarancón, María Luisa ^f   Jofre, Juan ^a   Lucena, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Dirección de Salud Pública Del Gobierno Vasco   (Spain)

^c Institut Catala de Salut   (Spain)

^d Laboratorio de Salud Publica   (Spain)

^e Lab de Salud Pub de Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^f Plaça Hospital 3 ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Bacteriophages; Concentration; Elution; Membrane filter; Validation

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL RNA; DRINKING WATER; POLYSORBATE 80; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ACETATE NITRATE CELLULOSE MEMBRANE FILTER; ADSORPTION; AGITATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; COLIPHAGE; ELUTION; INDICATOR ORGANISM; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE FILTRATION ELUTION METHOD; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDIZATION; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BACTERIOPHAGES; COLIPHAGES; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; SOLUTIONS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 18144436914     PISSN: 01660934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jviromet.2003.11.013     Document Type: Article

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