Impact of water chemistry, pipe material and stagnation on the building plumbing microbiome

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Ji, Pan ^a   Parks, Jeffrey ^a   Edwards, Marc A ^a   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; COPPER; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; PHOSPHORUS; SULFATE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DIVALENT CATION; DRINKING WATER; PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

16S RRNA GENE; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GENE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LEGIONELLA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; MICROORGANISM DETECTION; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PH; PIPELINE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; ANALYSIS; ARCHAEON; BACTERIUM; BUILDING MATERIAL; CLASSIFICATION; CONSTRUCTION WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL PHENOMENA; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; SANITATION;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA; BUILDING CODES; CATIONS, DIVALENT; CHLORINE; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DISINFECTANTS; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LEGIONELLA; MAGNESIUM; MICROBIOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHOSPHATES; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SANITARY ENGINEERING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84949443401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0141087     Document Type: Article

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