Microbiological evaluation of water during the 2011 flood crisis in Thailand

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 959-967

  Chaturongkasumrit, Yuphakhun ^a   Techaruvichit, Punnida ^a   Takahashi, Hajime ^a   Kimura, Bon ^a   Keeratipibul, Suwimon ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bacterial contamination; DGGE; Flood; Sanitation; Tap water

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESES (DGGE); DGGE; MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAP WATER; WATER QUALITY STANDARD;

BACTERIA; CONTAMINATION; ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SANITATION; WATER QUALITY;

FLOODS;

BACTERIAL DNA; FLOOD WATER; RIVER WATER; RNA 16S; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; ELECTROKINESIS; FLOOD; HEALTH RISK; MICROBIOLOGY; SANITATION; TURBIDITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER USE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL LOAD; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; FILTRATION; FLOODING; FLUID INTAKE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LEPTOSPIRA; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SAFETY; SHIGELLA; THAILAND; TURBIDITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING; WATER STANDARD; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIAL CONTAMINATION; DGGE; FLOOD; SANITATION; TAP WATER;

DISASTERS; DRINKING WATER; FLOODS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THAILAND; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

THAILAND;

EID: 84880664172     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.071     Document Type: Article

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