Dynamics of Legionella spp. and bacterial populations during the proliferation of L. pneumophila in a cooling tower facility

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 3030-3037

  Wéry, Nathalie ^a   Bru Adan, Valérie ^a   Minervini, Céline ^b   Delgénes, Jean Philippe ^a   Garrelly, Laurent ^b   Godon, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b Institut Bouisson Bertrand Parc Euromédecine   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; COOLING TOWERS; PATHOGENS; POLYMORPHISM; RNA;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL POPULATIONS;

BACTERIA;

RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOLING; DOMINANCE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL PROLIFERATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COOLING TOWER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENE SEQUENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; AMOEBA; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASON; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA FALLONII; LEGIONELLA LYTICA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SP.;

AMOEBA; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 44249085905     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02760-07     Document Type: Article

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