Influence of material and tube size on DUWLs contamination in a pilot plant

New Microbiologica

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 29-34

  Sacchetti, Rossella ^a,b   De Luca, Giovanna ^a   Zanetti, Franca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Medicina e Sanita Pubblica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dental unit; Tube size; Tubing material; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COMAMONAS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COMAMONAS; DENTAL EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYETHYLENE; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 33847278487     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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