Detection and identification of Legionella species from groundwaters

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 67, Issue 20-22, 2004, Pages 1845-1859

  Brooks, Teresa ^a,c   Osicki, Raegan A ^a,d   Springthorpe, V Susan ^a   Sattar, Syed Abdus ^a   Filion, Lionel ^a   Abrial, David ^b   Riffard, Serge ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d Genie Biol Genie de I'Environnement ^*

^e Genie Biol Genie de I'Environnement   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CANADA; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONNAIRE DISEASE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4644301024     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390490492449     Document Type: Conference Paper

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