Aeromonas detection and their toxins from drinking water from reservoirs and drinking fountains

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 117-123

  Razzolini, Maria Tereza Pepe ^a   Di Bari, Marisa ^b   Sanchez, Petra Sanchez ^b   Sato, Maria Inês Zanoli ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Secretaria do Estado do Meio Ambiente   (Brazil)

^c MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aeromonas; Drinking water; Enterotoxin production; Hemolytic activity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL TOXIN; DRINKING WATER; HEMOLYSIN;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIN;

AEROMONADACEAE; AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS ALLOSACHAROPHILA; AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; AEROMONAS SCHUBERTII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROMONAS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BRAZIL; CHLORINE; FRESH WATER; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; SEASONS; WATER SUPPLY;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SCHUBERTII;

EID: 40049111504     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2007.018     Document Type: Article

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