Effect of monochloramine treatment on the microbial ecology of Legionella and associated bacterial populations in a hospital hot water system

Systematic and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 198-205

  Baron, Julianne L ^a,b   Harris, J Kirk ^c   Holinger, Eric P ^d   Duda, Scott ^b   Stevens, Mark J ^c   Robertson, Charles E ^d   Ross, Kimberly A ^d   Pace, Norman R ^d   Stout, Janet E ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Special Pathogens Laboratory   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

454 Pyrosequencing; Bacterial diversity; Ribosomal RNA

Indexed keywords

HOT WATER; MONOCHLORAMINE; RIBOSOME RNA; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FLEXIBACTER; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOSPITAL; LEGIONELLA; LIMNOHABITANS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PLANCTOMYCETACEAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROSEQUENCING; SPHINGOMONADALES; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; HEAT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PENNSYLVANIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; FLEXIBACTER; LEGIONELLA; PLANCTOMYCETACEAE; SPHINGOMONADALES;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOTA; CHLORAMINES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; HOSPITALS; HOT TEMPERATURE; LEGIONELLA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PENNSYLVANIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85003052053     PISSN: 07232020     EISSN: 16180984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.syapm.2015.02.006     Document Type: Article

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