Evidence for the presence of Simkania negevensis in drinking water and in reclaimed wastewater in Israel

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 3346-3351

  Kahane, Simona ^a   Platzner, Nizhia ^b   Dvoskin, Bella ^a   Itzhaki, Amir ^b   Friedman, Maureen G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSAYS; DNA; HEALTH CARE; MICROORGANISMS; POTABLE WATER; PULMONARY DISEASES; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

BRONCHIOLITIS; IMMUNOASSAYS; WATER TESTING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BRONCHIOLITIS; CELL LINE; CHLAMYDIA; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOASSAY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEROPREVALENCE; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHLAMYDIALES; COLLODION; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; IMMUNOASSAY; ISRAEL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; VERO CELLS; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLAMYDIA; RICKETTSIALES; SIMKANIA NEGEVENSIS;

EID: 2942532198     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.6.3346-3351.2004     Document Type: Article

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