Determination of enterobacteria in air and wastewater samples from a wastewater treatment plant by epi-fluorescence microscopy

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-115

  Patentalakis, N ^a   Pantidou, A ^a   Kalogerakis, N ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bioaerosol; DAPI; Escherichia coli; FISH; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; AIR QUALITY; BACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY; RNA; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

CANEA; CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 38349152161     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-007-9135-9     Document Type: Article

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