Transmission of specific groups of bacteria through water distribution system

Polish Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 129-138

  Grabińska Łoniewska, Anna ^a   Wardzyńska, Grazyna ^a   Pajor, Elzbieta ^a   Korsak, Dorota ^b   Boryń, Krystyna ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Municipal Water Supply and Wastewater Company   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacterial regrowth; Campylobacter sp.; Opportunistic pathogenic bacteria; Water distribution system; Yersinia sp.

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CAMPYLOBACTER; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; FUNGUS; HYGIENE; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PROTOZOON; PSEUDOMONAS; ROTIFERA; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; YERSINIA;

ALGAE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIOMASS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER SP.; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS SP.; FUNGI; PROTOZOA; PSEUDOMONAS SP.; ROTIFERA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; YERSINIA SP.;

EID: 34447503517     PISSN: 17331331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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