Occurrence and diversity of Arcobacter spp. along the Llobregat River catchment, at sewage effluents and in a drinking water treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3696-3702

  Collado, Luis ^a   Kasimir, Georg ^b   Perez, Unai ^c   Bosch, Albert ^c   Pinto, Rosa ^c   Saucedo, Gemma ^d   Huguet, Josep M ^d   Figueras, Maria Jose ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b International Association of Danube Research   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d AGBAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

16S rDNA RFLP; Arcobacter; ERIC PCR; Faecal indicators; Llobregat River; Water

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; EFFLUENTS; POTABLE WATER; RIVERS; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

16S RDNA; ARCOBACTER; ERIC-PCR; FAECAL INDICATORS; LLOBREGAT RIVER;

WATER TREATMENT;

DRINKING WATER; SEWAGE;

CATCHMENT; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FECAL COLIFORM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEWAGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARCOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATCHMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL COUNT; FECES; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEASON; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

CATALONIA; LLOBREGAT RIVER; SPAIN;

ARCOBACTER; ARCOBACTER BUTZLERI; ARCOBACTER CRYAEROPHILUS; ARCOBACTER SKIRROWII; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE;

ARCOBACTER; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SPAIN; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77953557617     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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