Legionella prevalence in wastewater treatment plants of Taiwan

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1303-1310

  Huang, S W ^a   Hsu, B M ^a   Ma, P H ^a   Chien, K T ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Legionella; Wastewater PCR; Wastewater water treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DOMESTIC WASTEWATER; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LEGIONELLA; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WATER RECYCLING;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DNA SEQUENCE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA DONALDSONII; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TAIWAN; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER RECYCLING; WATER SAMPLING; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; TIME;

TAIWAN;

ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70350520170     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.410     Document Type: Article

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