Persistence of nontuberculous mycobacteria in a drinking water system after addition of filtration treatment

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 5864-5869

  Hilborn, Elizabeth D ^a,b   Covert, Terry C ^b   Yakrus, Mitchell A ^c   Harris, Stephanie I ^b   Donnelly, Sandra F ^d   Rice, Eugene W ^b   Toney, Sean ^c   Bailey, Stephanie A ^b   Stelma Jr , Gerard N ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Clark County Water Reclamation District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILTRATION; OZONIZATION; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; WATER TREATMENT;

CHRONIC HUMAN EXPOSURE; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION; DRINKING WATER TREATMENT; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM;

BACTERIA;

DRINKING WATER;

BACTERIUM; COLONIZATION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; PERSISTENCE; PROTOZOAN; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLD; EFFLUENT; FILTRATION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FILTRATION; HUMANS; MYCOBACTERIUM; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM COMPLEX; OZONE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33748762984     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00759-06     Document Type: Article

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