Biofilm formation comparison of the SANIPACKING® cooling tower fill material against standard polypropylene fill material in a recirculating model water system;Model su sisteminde SANIPACKING® soǧutma kulesi dolgu malzemesi ile standart polipropilen malzemenin biyofilm oluşturma potansiyellerinin karşılaştırılması

Turkish Journal of Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-318

  Türetgen, Irfan ^a   Şanli Yürüdü, Nazmiye Özlem ^a   Norden, Imke ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GEA 2H Water Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cooling tower; Fill material; Legionella; SANIPACKING

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

EID: 84859543072     PISSN: 13000152     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/biy-1103-5     Document Type: Article

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