Co-existence of Legionella and other Gram-negative bacteria in potable water from various rural and urban sources

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 330-334

  Stojek, Nimfa Maria ^a   Dutkiewicz, Jacek ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL MEDICINE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Correlation; Enterobacteriaceae; Farms; Gram negative bacteria; Legionella; Non enterobacteriaceae; Potable water; Water supply systems; Wells

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; TAP WATER; WELL WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEGIONELLA; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DRINKING WATER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FILTRATION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; LEGIONELLA; POLAND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

AEROMONAS; EMPEDOBACTER BREVIS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA SEROGROUP 1; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; SERRATIA; VIBRIO; XANTHOMONAS; YERSINIA;

EID: 84859132520     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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