Evaluating the growth potential of pathogenic bacteria in water

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 6477-6484

  Vital, Marius ^a,b   Stucki, David ^a   Egli, Thomas ^a,b   Hammes, Frederik ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH POTENTIAL; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MICROBIAL RISK ASSESSMENT; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PURE CULTURE; RELATIVE RATIOS; RIVER WATER; STATIONARY PHASE; STERILE WATER; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; POTABLE WATER; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

PATHOGENS;

CARBON; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

BIOASSAY; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DRINKING WATER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RESPONSE; PATHOGEN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL LOAD; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL LOAD; CARBON; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FLOW CYTOMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 78049274150     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00794-10     Document Type: Article

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