Actinomycetes in relation to taste and odour in drinking water: Myths, tenets and truths

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1741-1753

  Zaitlin, Beryl ^a   Watson, Susan B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Actinobacteria; Geosmin; Methylisoborneol; Odour; Streptomyces; Taste

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ODORS; POTABLE WATER;

ACTINOBACTERIA; GEOSMINS; METHYLISOBORNEOL; STREPTOMYCES; TASTE;

WATER QUALITY;

DRINKING WATER; GEOSMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PYRAZINE; TERPENOID DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ODORS; POTABLE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; HABITAT; ODOR; WATER CHEMISTRY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BENEFICIAL ORGANISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBON SOURCE; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; DECOMPOSITION; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY RESOURCE; GREEN ALGA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROMONOSPORA; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; ODOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOMYCES; TASTE; THERMOACTINOMYCES; WATER SUPPLY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYTA; MICROMONOSPORA; NOCARDIA; RHODOCOCCUS; STREPTOMYCES; THERMOACTINOMYCES;

EID: 33646115680     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.02.024     Document Type: Review

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