Microorganisms in bioaerosol emissions from wastewater treatment plants during summer at a Mediterranean site

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1355-1365

  Karra, Styliani ^a   Katsivela, Eleftheria ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airborne bacteria; Airborne fungi; Bioaerosols; Coliforms; Enterococci; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIA; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AIRBORNE BACTERIA; AIRBORNE FUNGI; BIOAEROSOLS; FAECAL CONTAMINATION;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; AEROSOLS; CLIMATOLOGY; COLIFORM BACTERIA; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AEROSOL; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; EMISSION; FUNGUS; MICROORGANISM; SOLAR RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; AERATION; AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; AIR SAMPLING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FECES MICROFLORA; FUNGUS; HETEROTROPHY; HUMIDITY; INDICATOR ORGANISM; LATITUDE; LONGITUDE; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SUMMER; TANK; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WIND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 33847221151     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.12.014     Document Type: Article

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