Heterotrophic bacteria and filamentous fungi isolated from a hospital water distribution system

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 487-493

  Hapcioglu, Bilge ^a   Yegenoglu, Yildiz ^a   Erturan, Zayre ^a   Nakipoglu, Yasar ^a   Issever, Halim ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Filamentous fungi; Heterotrophic bacteria; Hospital water supply; Surveillance; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ACREMONIUM; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FUNGUS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL; MEMBRANE FILTER; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

ACREMONIUM (ASCOMYCOTA); ASPERGILLUS; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; PENICILLIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 29144470625     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X05060039     Document Type: Article

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