Microbial diversities (16S and 18S rRNA gene pyrosequencing) and environmental pathogens within drinking water biofilms grown on the common premise plumbing materials unplasticized polyvinylchloride and copper

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 280-295

  Buse, Helen Y ^a   Lu, Jingrang ^a   Lu, Xinxin ^b   Mou, Xiaozhen ^b   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene V4 V6 region; 18S rRNA gene V1 V3 region; Acanthamoeba polyphaga; Copper; Legionella pneumophila; PVC

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ACANTHAMOEBIDAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIACEAE; CHARACEAE; CHARALES; CHLAMYDOMONADACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPISTYLIDAE; ERYTHROBACTERACEAE; EUKARYOTA; GONIOMONADACEAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; METHYLOPHILACEAE; PARAMOEBIDAE; PLASMODIOPHORIDAE; PLECTIDAE; SPHENOMONADIDAE;

COPPER; DRINKING WATER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

16S RRNA GENE V4 & V6 REGION; 18S RRNA GENE V1 & V3 REGION; ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SANITATION;

16S RRNA GENE V4 & V6 REGION; 18S RRNA GENE V1 & V3 REGION; ACANTHAMOEBA POLYPHAGA; COPPER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; PVC;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84899915870     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12294     Document Type: Article

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