Persistence of infectious shiga toxin-encoding bacteriophages after disinfection treatments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2142-2149

  Allué Guardia, Anna ^a   Martínez Castillo, Alexandre ^a   Muniesa, Maite ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENCODING (SYMBOLS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

AFTER-TREATMENT; DISINFECTION TREATMENTS; E. COLI; MESOCOSMS; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; UV DOSE;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

BACTERIOPHAGE; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; DISINFECTION; GENOME; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; MESOCOSM; TOXIN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; SHIGA TOXIN;

ARTICLE; COLIPHAGE; DISINFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIROLOGY; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

CHLORINE; COLIPHAGES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SHIGA TOXIN; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIRUS INACTIVATION;

EID: 84896044483     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.04006-13     Document Type: Article

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