Effects of oxalic acid on the regrowth of heterotrophic bacteria in the distributed drinking water

Chemosphere

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 531-539

  Chu, Chenghwa ^a   Lu, Chungsying ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm formation; Biological stability; Distributed drinking water; Oxalic acid; Regrowth

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL REGROWTH POTENTIAL (BRP); BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; OXALIC ACIDS; TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENTS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; EFFLUENTS; POTABLE WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC CARBON; OXALIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; OXALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; LABORATORY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PLATE COUNT; TUBE;

BIOFILMS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXALIC ACID; TAIWAN; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 5444258134     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.07.013     Document Type: Article

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