Persistence of Helicobacter pylori in heterotrophic drinking-water biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 5898-5904

  Giao M S ^a,b   Azevedo, N F ^a,b   Wilks, S A ^b   Vieira, M J ^a   Keevil, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINES; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CELLS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROSSLINKING; CYTOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; METALLURGY; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; SHEAR STRESS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

16S RRNA; BIO-MOLECULES; CELL NUMBERS; DRINKING WATERS; HELICOBACTER PYLORUS; LINKING; LOW CARBONS; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSES; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; OPTIMAL TEMPERATURES; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; PUBLIC HEALTHS; THREE PARAMETERS; TIME POINTS;

CELL CULTURE;

DRINKING WATER; RIBOSOME RNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CARBON; CHEMOSTAT; DRINKING WATER; INOCULATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PERSISTENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL COUNT; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL COUNT; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

BIOFILMS; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RNA, BACTERIAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 54449090495     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00827-08     Document Type: Article

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