Disinfection of waterborne coliform bacteria by Neem oil

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1435-1441

  Matthews, Robert L ^a   Templeton, Michael R ^b   Tripathi, Sabitri K ^c   Bhattarai, Kiran ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Nepal Engineering College   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Coliform; Disinfection; Drinking water; Essential oils; Neem

Indexed keywords

ANTI-MICROBIAL EFFECTS; COLIFORM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; DRINKING WATER; E. COLI; FECAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; FECAL COLIFORMS; MIXING TIME; NATURAL WATERS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NEEM; NEEM OIL; POTENTIAL RANGE; PRE-TREATMENT; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; TOTAL COLIFORM BACTERIA; TOTAL COLIFORMS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DISSOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESSENTIAL OILS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

POTABLE WATER;

NEEM OIL; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; FECES MICROFLORA; FILTRATION; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SAND; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AZADIRACHTA INDICA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 69549121832     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2009.0058     Document Type: Article

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