Potentially pathogenic features of heterotrophic plate count bacteria isolated from treated and untreated drinking water

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 275-287

  Pavlov, D ^a   De Wet, C M E ^b   Grabow, W O K ^a   Ehlers, M M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b MARINE AND COASTAL MANAGEMENT   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence; Cytotoxicity; Extracellular enzymes; HPCs; Invasiveness

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DRINKING WATER; ELASTASE; FLUORESCEIN; GELATINASE; HYALURONIDASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE 4 SULFATASE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PHOSPHOLIPASE; PLASMIN; PROTEINASE; PYOCYANINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AEROMONAS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CELL ADHESION; CELL CULTURE; CELL STRAIN CACO 2; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORYNEBACTERIUM; GASTROENTERITIS; HEMOLYSIS; HEP 2 CELL; HETEROTROPHY; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; KLEBSIELLA; MORAXELLA; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PLATE COUNT; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VIBRIO; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BLOOD; CACO-2 CELLS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACINETOBACTER; AEROMONAS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; CORYNEBACTERIUM; EQUUS CABALLUS; KLEBSIELLA; MICROBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TSUKAMURELLA; VIBRIO;

EID: 2442450675     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.08.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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