Identification of Naegleria fowleri in warm ground water aquifers

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Laseke, Ian ^a   Korte, Jill ^b   Lamendella, Regina ^a   Kaneshiro, Edna S ^c   Marciano Cabral, Francine ^d   Oerther, Daniel B ^a,c  

^a University of Cincinnati   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^d VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA SEQUENCES; ARIZONA; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL POPULATION; DIVERSE COMMUNITY; DOMESTIC WATER SUPPLY; ETIOLOGICAL AGENT; NESTED POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PHOENIX METROPOLITAN; PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA;

AQUIFERS; BACTERIOLOGY; HYDROGEOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA; WATER SUPPLY; WATER WELLS;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SEQUENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PHYLOGENY; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; PEORIA;

EID: 75149155621     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2009.0062     Document Type: Article

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