Free-living amoebae and their intracellular pathogenic microorganisms: Risks for water quality

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 231-259

  Thomas, Vincent ^a   McDonnell, Gerald ^b   Denyer, Stephen P ^c   Maillard, Jean Yves ^c  

^a STERIS SA R and D   (France)

^b STERIS Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Amoebae; Biocides; Cysts; Intracellular; Survival

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDE; BROMINE; CATALASE; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLORINE; CHLORINE DIOXIDE; DIAMIDINE DERIVATIVE; DIMINAZENE ACETURATE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IODINE; OZONE; PENTAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PERACETIC ACID; POLY(3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID); POLY(HEXAMETHYLENEBIGUANIDE); POTASSIUM IODIDE; TAP WATER; TRIBUTYLTIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BALAMUTHIA MANDRILLARIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHLAMYDIA; DISINFECTION; ENDOSYMBIONT; FILTRATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEATING; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LEGIONELLA; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PARASITE CONTROL; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PESTICIDE RESISTANCE; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY AMEBIC MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; PULSED ELECTRIC FIELD; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMBIOSIS; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANTIPROTOZOAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DISINFECTANTS; SYMBIOSIS; WATER;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA;

EID: 77950448076     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00190.x     Document Type: Review

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