Monitoring of biofilm-associated Legionella pneumophila on different substrata in model cooling tower system

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 125, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 271-279

  Türetgen, Irfan ^a   Cotuk, Aysin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Cooling tower; Legionella pneumophila; Legionnaires' disease

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; GALVANIZED METAL; PLASTICS; STEEL; SURFACES;

COOLING TOWER SYSTEM; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONNAIRES DISEASE;

COOLING TOWERS;

PLASTIC; POLYMER; STEEL;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; HETEROTROPHY; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; POLYMER; SUBSTRATE; WATER TEMPERATURE;

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOLING TOWER; HETEROTROPH; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TIME; WATER SUPPLY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

AIR CONDITIONING; BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLASTICS; STEEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247608351     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9519-8     Document Type: Article

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