Rapid method for enumeration of viable Legionella pneumophila and other Legionella spp. in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 4086-4096

  Delgado Viscogliosi, Pilar ^a   Simonart, Tristan ^a   Parent, Virginie ^a   Marchand, Grégory ^a   Dobbelaere, Marie ^a   Pierlot, Eric ^a   Pierzo, Véronique ^a   Menard Szczebara, Florence ^b   Gaudard Ferveur, Elisabeth ^b   Delabre, Karine ^b   Delattre, Jean Marie ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b Anjou Recherche   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; BIOMARKERS; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOLOGY; WATER;

EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGICAL DOUBLE-STAINING (IDS) METHOD; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPP.;

BACTERIA;

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER;

DETECTION METHOD; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CELL VIABILITY; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOLOGICAL DOUBLE STAINING METHOD; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; DISINFECTION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FRESH WATER; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING; TIME FACTORS;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 22144452203     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.7.4086-4096.2005     Document Type: Article

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