Filtration methods for recovery of Bacillus anthracis spores spiked into source and finished water

Water Research

Volumn 39, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 5199-5211

  Perez, Abril ^a   Hohn, Christina ^b   Higgins, James ^b  

^a City of Phoenix Water Services Laboratory   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus anthracis; Filtration; Recovery

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; FILTRATION; FLUORESCENCE; GROWTH KINETICS; REACTION KINETICS; RECOVERY; WATER TREATMENT;

AGAR PLATES; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; SHEEP RED BLOOD CELL (SRBC); SPORE-FROMING FLORA;

BACTERIA;

AGAR; TAP WATER;

BACTERIUM; FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL SPORE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; ERYTHROCYTE; FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPIKE; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS STR. STERNE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OVIS ARIES;

EID: 28844499413     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2005.10.009     Document Type: Article

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