Detection and persistence of fecal Bacteroidales as water quality indicators in unchlorinated drinking water

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 362-370

  Saunders, Aaron M ^a,b   Kristiansen, Anja ^a   Lund, Marie B ^a   Revsbech, Niels Peter ^a   Schramm, Andreas ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bacteroidales; Bacteroides; Drinking water; Fecal indicator; Water quality; Water supply

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; RIBOSOME RNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; INOCULATION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTEROIDETES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; FRESH WATER; GENE DOSAGE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTEROIDALES; BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES VULGATUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 67650487171     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2008.11.004     Document Type: Article

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