Fluorescence spectroscopy as a tool for determining microbial quality in potable water applications

Environmental Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 687-693

  Cumberland, Susan ^a   Bridgeman, John ^a   Baker, Andy ^b   Sterling, Mark ^a   Ward, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Holly House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

coliforms; drinking water quality; E. coli; faecal contamination; portable fluorescence; tryptophan

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GROUNDWATER; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETERS;

BACTERIA NUMBER; BACTERIAL NUMBERS; COLIFORMS; E. COLI; EMISSION WAVELENGTH; ENUMERATION TECHNIQUES; FAECAL CONTAMINATION; FINAL EFFLUENTS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; INFRASTRUCTURE FAILURES; LABORATORY FACILITIES; MICROBIAL QUALITY; RINGER'S SOLUTION; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE WORKS; SPRING WATER; TAP WATER; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER SAMPLES;

POTABLE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; INDOLE; RINGER SOLUTION; RIVER WATER; TAP WATER; TRYPTOPHAN; WATER;

BACTERIUM; CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; EFFLUENT; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER WATER; SANITATION; SEWAGE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SANITATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROTROPHY; SEWAGE; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84859190640     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2011.588401     Document Type: Article

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