Nontuberculous mycobacteria, fungi, and opportunistic pathogens in unchlorinated drinking water in the Netherlands

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 825-834

  van der Wielen, Paul W J J ^a   van der Kooij, Dick ^a  

^a KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; ASSIMILABLE ORGANIC CARBON; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NETHERLANDS; P.AERUGINOSA; PLUMBING SYSTEMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE PCR; SAMPLING LOCATION; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES;

ASPERGILLUS; ORGANIC CARBON; PLUMBING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

PATHOGENS;

DRINKING WATER; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; HEALTH RISK; PATHOGEN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL LOAD; CHEMISTRY; FUNGUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; SEASON;

BACTERIAL LOAD; DRINKING WATER; FUNGI; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; NETHERLANDS; NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SEASONS;

NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84873854416     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02748-12     Document Type: Article

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