Growth dynamic of Naegleria fowleri in a microbial freshwater biofilm

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 3958-3966

  Goudot, Sébastien ^a,b   Herbelin, Pascaline ^a   Mathieu, Laurence ^b   Soreau, Sylvie ^a   Banas, Sandrine ^b   Jorand, Frédéric ^b  

^a EDF R AND D   (France)

^b Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

Author keywords

Free living amoeba; Freshwater biofilms; Naegleria fowleri; Reactor; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRIENTS; PROTOZOA; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

BACTERIAL DENSITY; FREE LIVINGS; FRESHWATER BIOFILMS; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; GROWTH DYNAMICS; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; REACTOR; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE;

BIOFILMS;

FRESH WATER;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; FRESHWATER; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH RISK; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SURVIVAL;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NAEGLERIA FOWLERI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NAEGLERIA FOWLERI;

EID: 84862773305     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.05.030     Document Type: Article

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