Correlations between total cell concentration, total adenosine tri-phosphate concentration and heterotrophic plate counts during microbial monitoring of drinking water

Drinking Water Engineering and Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-6

  Siebel, E ^a   Wang, Y ^a,b   Egli, T ^a,b   Hammes, F ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACIDS; WATER QUALITY;

CELL CONCENTRATIONS; CULTURABLE BACTERIA; DETERMINATION METHODS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER SAMPLES; HETEROTROPHIC PLATE COUNTS; MICRO-BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES;

POTABLE WATER;

EID: 77949981990     PISSN: 19969457     EISSN: 19969465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/dwes-1-1-2008     Document Type: Article

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