Tracers for investigating pathogen fate and removal mechanisms in mesocosms

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 380, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 188-195

  Werker, Alan G ^a   Van Loon, Wendy ^b   Legge, Raymond L ^b  

^a AnoxKaldnes AB   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biological treatment; Fluorescently labelled bacteria; Fluorescently labelled microspheres; Indicator bio particles; Nalidixic resistant Escherichia coli; Pathogen removal; Tracers

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; IN SITU PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION; REMOVAL; WASTEWATER;

BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; FLUORESCENTLY LABELED BACTERIA; FLUORESCENTLY LABELLED MICROSPHERES; INDICATOR BIOPARTICLES; NALIDIXIC RESISTANT ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGEN REMOVAL; TRACERS;

PATHOGENS;

MICROSPHERE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TRACER;

ANTIBIOTICS; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MESOCOSM; PATHOGEN; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; THRESHOLD; TRACER; WETLAND;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; KINETICS; MESOCOSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETLAND;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; MICROSPHERES; POACEAE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WETLANDS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34249019486     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.12.034     Document Type: Article

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