Portable continuous flow centrifugation and method 1623 for monitoring of waterborne protozoa from large volumes of various water matrices

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1220-1227

  Zuckerman, U ^a   Tzipori, S ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cryptosporidium; Method 1623; Portable continuous flow centrifugation; Validation

Indexed keywords

CENTRIFUGES; EFFLUENTS; PROTOZOA; RECOVERY;

CONTINUOUS FLOW CENTRIFUGES; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EPA METHOD 1623; LARGE VOLUMES; METHOD 1623; PORTABLE CONTINUOUS FLOW CENTRIFUGATION; VALIDATION; WATER MATRICES; WATERBORNE PROTOZOA;

CENTRIFUGATION;

TAP WATER;

CENTRIFUGE; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; EFFLUENT; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; FILTRATION; GIARDIA LAMBLIA; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENCEPHALITOZOON INTESTINALIS; GIARDIA; GIARDIA INTESTINALIS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33646560920     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2006.02874.x     Document Type: Article

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