Comparison of the microbial load of incoming and distal outlet waters from dental unit water systems in Istanbul

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 9-14

  Türetgen, Irfan ^a   Göksay, Duygu ^a   Cotuk, Aysin ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Biofilm; DAPI CTC; Dental units; DUWS; Istanbul; Legionella

Indexed keywords

AIR-WATER; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURE METHODS; DENTAL UNITS; DRINKING WATER; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HIGH-SPEED; ISTANBUL; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MESOPHILIC; MICROBIAL LOADS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OUTLET WATER; SOURCE WATERS; WATER SYSTEM;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

POTABLE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRINKING WATER; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROTROPH; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MESOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

DENTAL CLINICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; TURKEY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 72349098613     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0560-7     Document Type: Article

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