Chemical resistance of the gram-negative bacteria to different sanitizers in a water purification system

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Mazzola, Priscila G ^a   Martins, Alzira M S ^a   Penna, Thereza C V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BISULFITE; CITRIC ACID; DISINFECTANT AGENT; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; PERACETIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREVUNDIMONAS DIMINUTA; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAVOBACTERIUM; FLAVOBACTERIUM AUREUM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL PEST CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS ALCALIGENES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PICKETTI; SANITATION; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

DISINFECTANTS; DRUG INDUSTRY; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 33748342703     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-131     Document Type: Article

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