Male-specific coliphages as indicators of thermal inactivation of pathogens in biosolids

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2471-2475

  Nappier, Sharon P ^a,b   Aitken, Michael D ^a   Sobsey, Mark D ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; CONTAMINATION; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; PATHOLOGY; RNA; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOLID WASTES; WASTEWATER;

HEAT-RESISTANT FRACTION; MALE-SPECIFIC (F+) COLIPHAGES; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER; VIRUS REDUCTION;

MICROORGANISMS;

BIOSOLID; PATHOGEN; RNA; SLUDGE; VIRUS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; COLIPHAGE; HEAT TOLERANCE; SLUDGE; SLUDGE TREATMENT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOREACTORS; COLIPHAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; F FACTOR; HEAT; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; RNA PHAGES; SEROTYPING; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

RNA PHAGE;

EID: 33646144227     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.72.4.2471-2475.2006     Document Type: Article

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