Effects of disinfection on legionella spp., eukarya, and biofilms in a hot water system

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 19, 2012, Pages 6850-6858

  Farhat, Maha ^a,c   Moletta Denat, Marina ^a   Frère, Jacques ^c   Onillon, Séverine ^a   Trouilhé, Marie Cécile ^b   Robine, Enric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1-SYSTEMS; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; CLONING AND SEQUENCING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; EUKARYA; HEAT SHOCK TREATMENT; HEAT-SHOCK; HOST CELLS; HOT WATER NETWORK; HOT WATER SYSTEM; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLA SPECIES; LEGIONELLA SPP; MICROBIAL COMPONENTS; PILOT SCALE; SINGLE-STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; DYNAMICS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HOT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

BIOFILMS;

DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; HEAT SHOCK; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMORPHISM; SUCCESSION;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOTA; DISINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EUKARYOTE; HEAT; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; BIOTA; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; EUKARYOTA; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

ALVEOLATA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA ANISA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PROTOZOA; VANNELLA;

EID: 84868330075     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00831-12     Document Type: Article

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