Temporal and spatial diversity of the tap water microbiota in a norwegian hospital

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 7855-7857

  Rudi, Knut ^a,b   Tannæs, Tone ^c   Vatn, Morten ^c  

^a INLAND NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

^c AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOUNDER EFFECT; HUMAN PATHOGENS; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MICROBIOTAS; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; TAP WATER; WATER SAFETY;

HOSPITALS;

COLONIZATION; DRINKING WATER; LOCAL ADAPTATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 73249149969     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01174-09     Document Type: Article

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