Biodiversity of amoebae and amoeba-associated bacteria in water treatment plants

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-166

  Corsaro, Daniele ^a   Pages, Gemma Saucedo ^b   Catalan, Vicente ^c   Loret, Jean François ^d   Greub, Gilbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Aigues de Barcelona   (Spain)

^c LABAQUA SA   (Spain)

^d CIRSEE   (France)

Author keywords

Amoebae; Chlamydiae; Legionellae; Mycobacteria; Water treatment plant

Indexed keywords

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; COCULTURE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; RNA GENE; SYMBIOSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY;

AMOEBA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, RRNA; METAGENOME; SYMBIOSIS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 77954819443     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.03.002     Document Type: Article

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