Persistence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in drinking-water biofilms on elastomeric material

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-87

  Bressler, Daniel ^a   Balzer, Mathias ^a   Dannehl, Astrid ^a   Flemming, Hans Curt ^a   Wingender, Jost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alginate; Biofilms; Drinking water; Elastomer; Lectins; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELASTOMERS; ETHYLENE; PROTEINS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RUBBER; WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS;

DRINKING WATER BIOFILMS; ELASTOMERIC MATERIALS; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; EXTRACELLULAR POLYSACCHARIDES; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; LECTINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUASI-STATIONARY STATE;

POTABLE WATER;

ALGINIC ACID; DRINKING WATER; ELASTOMER; LECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; TAP WATER;

ALGINATE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DRINKING WATER; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PATHOGEN; PERSISTENCE; PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CELL COUNT; COLONY FORMING UNIT GEMM; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 65449178824     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2009.026     Document Type: Article

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