Comparison of filters for concentrating microbial indicators and pathogens in lake water samples

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1342-1352

  Francy, Donna S ^a   Stelzer, Erin A ^a   Brady, Amie M G ^a   Huitger, Carrie ^a   Bushon, Rebecca N ^a   Ip, Hon S ^b   Ware, Michael W ^c   Villegas, Eric N ^c   Gallardo, Vicente ^c   Lindquist, H D Alan ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS; BACTERIAL INDICATORS; BEACH CLOSURES; CONTINUOUS-FLOW; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FIELD DEPLOYMENT; FILTER PERFORMANCE; FILTRATION METHODS; GIARDIA; GLASS WOOL; LAKE WATER SAMPLES; LARGE VOLUMES; MICROBIAL INDICATORS; MS2 COLIPHAGES; NATURALLY OCCURRING; NOROVIRUS; REGIONAL SCALE; SCALED-UP;

BACILLI; BEACHES; CENTRIFUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES; PROTOZOA; RECOVERY; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUSES; WATER FILTRATION;

PATHOGENS;

FRESH WATER;

BEACH; BIOINDICATOR; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FILTER; HEALTH RISK; LAKE WATER; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; ULTRAFILTRATION; VIRUS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; GIARDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PARASITOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VIROLOGY; VIRUS;

BACTERIA; CRYPTOSPORIDIUM; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; GIARDIA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VIRUSES;

EID: 84874673938     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03117-12     Document Type: Article

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