Identification of yellow-pigmented bacteria isolated from hospital tap water in Japan and their chlorine resistance

Biocontrol Science

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 39-46

  Furuhata, Katsunori ^a   Kato, Yuko ^b   Goto, Keiichi ^b   Saitou, Keiko ^c   Sugiyama, Jun Ichi ^c   Hara, Motonobu ^a   Fukuyama, Masahumi ^a  

^a AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Mitsui Norin Co Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c Building Management Education Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chlorine resistance; Hospital; Identification; Sphingomonas sp.; Tap water; Yellow pigment

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHLORIDE MINERALS; CHROMOGENICS; DATA ACQUISITION; DNA SEQUENCES; WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

CHLORINE RESISTANCE; TAP WATER; YELLOW-PIGMENTED;

MICROORGANISMS;

CHLORINE; TAP WATER;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; HOSPITAL BUILDING; JAPAN; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SPHINGOMONAS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; MYCOBACTERIUM FREDERIKSBERGENSE; PORPHYROBACTER DONGHAENSIS; SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS ADHAESIVA; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 34250847001     PISSN: 13424815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4265/bio.12.39     Document Type: Article

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