Profiling bacterial survival through a water treatment process and subsequent distribution system

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-186

  Hoefel, D ^a,b   Monis, P T ^a,b   Grooby, W L ^a   Andrews, S ^b   Saint, Christopher P ^a,b,c  

^a SA Water Corporation ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baclight kit; Bacterial activity; CFDA; DGGE; Flow cytometry; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ELECTROPHORESIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); SYSTEM STABILITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVE FRACTION; BACLIGHT™ KIT; BACTERIAL DIVERSITY; BACTERIALS ACTIVITIES; CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN DIACETATE; CULTURABLE; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

BACTERIA;

CARBOXYFLUORESCEIN; DNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; SURVIVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BURKHOLDERIA; CELL SELECTION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; EUBACTERIUM; FLOW CYTOMETRY; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLATE COUNT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SURVIVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

BURKHOLDERIA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 21244433546     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02573.x     Document Type: Article

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