Effect of UV irradiation (253.7nm) on free Legionella and Legionella associated with its amoebae hosts

Water Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 299-309

  Cervero Aragó, Sílvia ^a,b   Sommer, Regina ^b   Araujo, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba; Free living amoeba; Hartmannella; Legionella; UV inactivation; Vermamoeba

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DISINFECTION; PROTOZOA; RESERVOIRS (WATER); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATERWORKS;

ACANTHAMOEBA; FREE LIVINGS; HARTMANNELLA; LEGIONELLA; UV INACTIVATIONS; VERMAMOEBA;

IRRADIATION;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; DISINFECTION; HOST; PATHOGEN; PROTOZOAN; RESERVOIR; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (GENUS); AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST (RESTING STAGE); DISINFECTION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; TROPHOZOITE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; VERMAMOEBA; WATER SUPPLY; EVALUATION STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACANTHAMOEBA; HARTMANNELLA; LEGIONELLA;

ACANTHAMOEBA; DISINFECTION; LEGIONELLA; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SYMBIOSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 84907978451     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.023     Document Type: Article

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