Effect of chlorine on incorporation of Helicobacter pylori into drinking water biofilms

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1669-1673

  Giao M S ^a,b   Azevedo, N F ^a,b,c   Wilks, S A ^b   Vieira, M J ^a   Keevil, C W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURE METHODS; DRINKING WATER; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID; PURE CULTURE;

BIOFILMS; CHLORINE; NUCLEIC ACIDS; POTABLE WATER;

CELL CULTURE;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORINE; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID; PEPTIDE; SURVIVORSHIP;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; STAINING;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CHLORINE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PEPTIDE NUCLEIC ACIDS; STAINING AND LABELING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 77649211542     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01378-09     Document Type: Article

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