Integration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Legionella pneumophila in drinking water biofilms grown on domestic plumbing materials

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 190-197

  Moritz, Miriam M ^a   Flemming, Hans Curt ^a   Wingender, Jost ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Domestic plumbing; Drinking water; Fluorescence in situ hybridization; Legionella pneumophila; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELASTOMER; ETHYLENE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE PROPYLENE DIENE MONOMER; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE-MONOMER; POLYETHYLENE; RUBBER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOFILM; COLD; EQUIPMENT; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MATERIALS; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SANITATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SUPPLY;

BIOFILMS; COLD TEMPERATURE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; COPPER; ELASTOMERS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; ETHYLENES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; POLYETHYLENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUBBER; SANITARY ENGINEERING; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954816866     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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