Molecular typing of the Legionella pneumophila population isolated from several locations in a contaminated water network

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 281-285

  Lepeuple, Anne Sophie ^a   Jovic, M ^a   de Roubin, M R ^a  

^a Veolia Eau Compagnie Generale des Eaux   (France)

Author keywords

Hot water; Legionella pneumophila; Molecular typing

Indexed keywords

DNA; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

HOT WATER SYSTEMS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA (RAPD); TRACEABILITY;

WATER POLLUTION;

BACTERIAL DNA; HOT WATER; PRIMER DNA;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; GENOTYPE; WATER STORAGE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; REPRODUCIBILITY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 4344627660     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2004.0068     Document Type: Article

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