Heterotrophic plate count vs. in situ bacterial 16S rRNA gene amplicon profiles from drinking water reveal completely different communities with distinct spatial and temporal allocations in a distribution net

Water SA

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-504

  Burtscher, M M ^a   Zibuschka, F ^b   Mach, R L ^a   Lindner, G ^b   Farnleitner, A H ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bacterial cultivation vs. direct detection; Distribution system; Drinking water; Heterotrophic plate count (HPC); In situ bacterial 16S rRNA gene population screening; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CULTIVATION VS. DIRECT DETECTION; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNT (HPC); IN SITU BACTERIAL 16S RRNA GENE POPULATION SCREENING; PCR DGGE;

BACTERIOLOGY; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTROPHORESIS; FLUORESCENCE; GELATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYSACCHARIDES; POTABLE WATER; STANDARDIZATION; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROKINESIS; HETEROTROPHY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 68649092560     PISSN: 03784738     EISSN: 18167950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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