Tracking the concentration of heterotrophic plate count bacteria from the source to the consumer's tap

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 289-295

  Pepper, I L ^a   Rusin, P ^a   Quintanar, D R ^b   Haney, C ^a   Josephson, K L ^a   Gerba, C P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Tucson Water   (United States)

Author keywords

HPC in household utility lines; HPC in source waters; HPC in water utility lines

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; WELL WATER;

BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSUMER; HETEROTROPHY; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLATE COUNT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ARIZONA; BACTERIA; CHLORINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; QUALITY CONTROL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442563756     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2003.08.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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