Assessment of Cryptosporidium removal from domestic wastewater via constructed wetland systems

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 179, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 207-215

  Morsy, Effat A ^a   Al Herrawy, Ahmad Z ^a   Ali, Mohamed A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Constructed wetlands; Cryptosporidium; Domestic wastewater; PCR technique

Indexed keywords

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; ENZYME KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WETLANDS;

CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; BIOREACTORS; ENZYME KINETICS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WETLANDS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSTRUCTED WETLAND; DOMESTIC WASTE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PROTOZOAN; WATER TREATMENT;

ACID FAST TRICHOME; ARTICLE; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DNA DETERMINATION; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OOCYST; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; REACTOR; STAINING; TECHNIQUE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION; ZIEHL NEELSEN STAIN;

ANIMALIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; PROTOZOA;

EID: 33846796297     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9225-8     Document Type: Article

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