Effect of biofilm in irrigation pipes on microbial quality of irrigation water

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 217-224

  Pachepsky, Y ^a   Morrow, J ^b   Guber, A ^a   Shelton, D ^a   Rowland, R ^a   Davies, G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; E. coli (all potentially pathogenic types); Environmental recreational water; Food safety; Microbial contamination

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD SAFETY; HOSE; SPRINKLER SYSTEMS (IRRIGATION); WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

E COLI (ALL POTENTIALLY PATHOGENIC TYPE); E. COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL/RECREATIONAL WATER; FOOD-SAFETY; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; IRRIGATION WATERS; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIAL QUALITY; PATHOGENICS; RECREATIONAL WATER;

BIOFILMS;

ALUMINUM; WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMONITORING; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; FOOD SAFETY; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MASS BALANCE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); NONHUMAN; PEER REVIEW; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84856958436     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03192.x     Document Type: Article

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