Free-living protozoa in two unchlorinated drinking water supplies, identified by phylogenic analysis of 18S rRNA gene sequences

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 4736-4746

  Valster, Rinske M ^a,b   Wullings, Bart A ^a   Bakker, Geo ^c   Smidt, Hauke ^b   Van Der Kooij, Dick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Vitens Water Company   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

18S RRNA; ACANTHAMOEBA; ACTIVE BIOMASS; CLONE LIBRARY; DISTRIBUTED WATER; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER QUALITY; DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED LEVEL; GROUNDWATER SUPPLY; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; METAZOA; MOLECULAR APPROACH; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; PHYLOGENIC ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE PCR; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; CLONING; GENES; GROUNDWATER; HYDROGEOLOGY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PATHOGENS; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

PROTOZOA;

DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; RNA 18S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; DRINKING WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; RNA; TAXONOMY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUKARYOTE; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOON; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FRESH WATER; GENES, RRNA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROTOZOA; RNA, PROTOZOAN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; AMOEBOZOA; CERCOZOA; CHOANOZOA; CILIOPHORA; EUGLENOZOA; EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METAZOA; MIOZOA; OTUS; PROTOZOA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 67650467981     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02629-08     Document Type: Article

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