Occurrence of pathogenic free-living amoebae and bacterial indicators in a constructed wetland treating domestic wastewater from a single household

Engineering in Life Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 253-258

  Ramirez, E ^a   Robles, E ^a   Bonilla, P ^a   Sainz, G ^a   Lopez, M ^a   De La Cerda, J M ^a   Warren, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; EFFLUENTS; NITROGEN; PATHOLOGY; WASTEWATER; WETLANDS;

AMOEBAE; BACTERIAL INDICATORS; ORGANIC MATTER; PATHOGENS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

MICROORGANISM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; EFFLUENT; INDICATOR ORGANISM; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PARASITE ISOLATION; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 21644477627     PISSN: 16180240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/elsc.200420071     Document Type: Article

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