Occurrence and persistence of bacterial and viral faecal indicators in wastewater biofilms

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 377-385

  Skraber, S ^a   Helmi, K ^a   Willame, R ^a   Ferreol M ^a   Gantzer, C ^b   Hoffmann, L ^a   Cauchie, H M ^a  

^a LUXEMBOURG INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Luxembourg)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Coliphages; F specific phages; Heterotrophic plate count; Occurrence; Persistence; Somatic; Thermotolerant coliforms; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; PATHOGENS; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM OOCYSTS; GIARDIA CYSTS; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT; OCCURENCE; PERSISTENCE; VIRAL FAECAL INDICATORS; WASTEWATER BIOFILM;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS; BIOMARKERS; COLIFORM BACTERIA; PATHOGENS; TEMPERATURE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROORGANISM; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; WASTEWATER;

BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLANT EVOLUTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FECES; GIARDIA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OOCYSTS; PROTEINS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; GIARDIA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 34249739567     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.280     Document Type: Conference Paper

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