Advantage provided by iron for Escherichia coli growth and cultivability in drinking water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 5621-5623

  Appenzeller, Brice M R ^a,b   Yañez, Carolina ^a   Jorand, Frederic ^a   Block, Jean Claude ^a  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; IRON; POTABLE WATER;

ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIAL CULTIVABILITY; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS SULFATE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

DRINKING WATER; FERRIC OXIDE; FERROUS SULFATE; IRON;

BACTERIUM;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANAEROBIOSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 25144474621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.9.5621-5623.2005     Document Type: Article

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