Transfer rates of enteric microorganisms in recycled water during machine clothes washing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1256-1263

  O'Toole, Joanne ^a   Sinclair, Martha ^a   Leder, Karin ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM OOCYSTS; DIRECT CONTACTS; DRINKING WATERS; E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL SURFACES; MICROBIOLOGICAL SAFETIES; OOCYSTS; PUBLIC CONCERNS; RECYCLED WATERS; SURFACE AREAS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCIES; TRANSFER RATES; WATER USAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FABRICS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MICROORGANISMS; WASHERS; WASHING; WASHING MACHINES; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RECYCLING;

POTABLE WATER;

AIR SAMPLING; BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PROTOZOAN; RECYCLING; WATER DEMAND; WATER QUALITY; WATER USE;

ANIMALS; COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAND; HUMANS; LAUNDERING; TEXTILES;

CRYPTOSPORIDIUM PARVUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 61649094284     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01923-08     Document Type: Article

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