Identification of free-living amoebae and amoeba-associated bacteria from reservoirs and water treatment plants by molecular techniques

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 3132-3140

  Garcia, Alicia ^a   Goñi, Pilar ^a   Cieloszyk, Joanna ^a   Fernandez, Maria Teresa ^a   Calvo Beguería, Laura ^b   Rubio, Encarnacion ^a   Fillat, Maria Francisca ^b   Peleato, Maria Luisa ^b   Clavel, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GENUS; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; INTRACELLULAR BACTERIA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES; PSEUDOMONAS SPP; STATISTICAL CORRELATION;

POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESERVOIRS (WATER); RNA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; DETECTION METHOD; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PATHOGEN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTOZOAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESERVOIR; SEASONALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; DNA EXTRACTION; FREE LIVING AMOEBAE; HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RESERVOIR; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WATER TREATMENT;

AMOEBA; BACTERIA; BASE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HARTMANNELLA VERMIFORMIS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROCYSTIS AERUGINOSA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NAEGLERIA; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 84875761073     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400160k     Document Type: Article

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