Effect of disinfectant, water age, and pipe material on occurrence and persistence of legionella, mycobacteria, pseudomonas aeruginosa, and two amoebas

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 11566-11574

  Wang, Hong ^a   Masters, Sheldon ^a   Hong, Yanjuan ^a   Stallings, Jonathan ^b   Falkinham, Joseph O ^b   Edwards, Marc A ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; BULK WATER; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DRINKING WATER SYSTEMS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIOTAS; P.AERUGINOSA; PIPE MATERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PVC PIPES; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIMULATED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; TAP WATER;

BACTERIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

DISINFECTANTS;

DISINFECTANT AGENT; TAP WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; EUKARYOTE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PARASITE PREVALENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PIPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; HARTMANELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TUBE;

AMOEBA; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTANTS; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IRON; LEGIONELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; TIME FACTORS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER SUPPLY;

ACANTHAMOEBA; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM AVIUM; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84868544334     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es303212a     Document Type: Article

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