A biofilm model developed to investigate survival and disinfection of Mycobacterium mucogenicum in potable water

Biofouling

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1129-1139

  Armbruster, Catherine R ^a   Forster, Terri S ^b   Donlan, Rodney M ^b   O'Connell, Heather A ^b   Shams, Alicia M ^b   Williams, Margaret M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

monochloramine; Mycobacterium mucogenicum; nontuberculous mycobacteria; water distribution system biofilm

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; HOSPITAL SECTOR; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PATHOGEN; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SODIUM; SURVIVAL; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CHLORAMINES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DELFTIA ACIDOVORANS; METHYLOBACTERIUM SP.; MYCOBACTERIUM MUCOGENICUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS PAUCIMOBILIS;

EID: 84868536870     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2012.735231     Document Type: Article

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