Cyanobacteria and cyanotoxins occurrence and removal from five high-risk conventional treatment drinking water plants

Toxins

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 2198-2220

  Szlag, David C ^a   Sinclair, James L ^b   Southwell, Benjamin ^c   Westrick, Judy A ^d  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c LAKE SUPERIOR STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatoxin a; Conventional drinking water treatment; Cyanobacteria; Cylindrospermopsin; Microcystin

Indexed keywords

ANATOXIN A; CYLINDROSPERMOPSIN; DRINKING WATER; MICROCYSTIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; TROPANE DERIVATIVE; URACIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYANOBACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; NONHUMAN; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; UNITED STATES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

CYANOBACTERIA;

BACTERIAL TOXINS; CYANOBACTERIA; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MICROCYSTINS; TROPANES; UNITED STATES; URACIL; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84934930745     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxins7062198     Document Type: Article

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