Survival of prototype strains of somatic coliphage families in environmental waters and when exposed to UV low-pressure monochromatic radiation or heat

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3723-3734

  Lee, Hee Suk ^a,b   Sobsey, Mark D ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b Korea Water Resources Corporation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inactivation; Somatic Coliphage; Survival

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; HEAT RESISTANCE; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

COLIPHAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; INACTIVATION; MONOCHROMATIC RADIATION; RELATIVE RESISTANCE; SOMATIC COLIPHAGES; SURFACE WATER SOURCES; SURVIVAL;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; HEATING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEAT TOLERANCE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROVIRIDAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIRUS RESISTANCE; VIRUS STRAIN; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; WATER TREATMENT;

MICROVIRIDAE; MYOVIRIDAE; SIPHOVIRIDAE;

EID: 79958769343     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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