Experimental effect of ozone upon some indicator bacteria for preservation of an ecologically protected watery system

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 181, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 161-171

  Voidarou, C ^a   Tzora, A ^a   Skoufos, I ^a   Vassos, D ^a   Galogiannis, G ^a   Alexopoulos, A ^b   Bezirtzoglou, E ^b,c  

^a Epirus Institute of Technology Arta   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

C. perfringens; Ecosystem; Indicator bacteria; Microbial ecology; Ozone; Water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS; OZONE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

C. PERFRINGENS; INDICATOR BACTERIA; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

WATER TREATMENT;

OZONE;

BACTERIA; CELLS; ECOSYSTEMS; OZONE; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOINDICATOR; ECOSYSTEM; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; OZONE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRESERVATION; PROTECTED AREA;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS;

EID: 34247367659     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-006-9287-7     Document Type: Article

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