Viable Legionella pneumophila bacteria in natural soil and rainwater puddles

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 882-890

  van Heijnsbergen, E ^a   de Roda Husman, A M ^a,b   Lodder, W J ^a   Bouwknegt, M ^a   Docters van Leeuwen, A E ^a   Bruin, J P ^c   Euser, S M ^a,c   den Boer, J W ^c   Schalk, J A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Laboratory of Public Health Haarlem   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amoebal coculture; Legionella; Legionella pneumophila; Natural soil; Rainwater; Source investigation

Indexed keywords

SELF ASSEMBLY; SOILS; STRAIN;

AMOEBAL COCULTURE; CO-CULTURES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LEGIONELLAE; LEGIONNAIRE'S DISEASE; NATURAL SOILS; PATHOGENICS; POTENTIAL SOURCES; RAINWATER; SOURCE INVESTIGATION;

BACTERIA;

RAIN;

BACTERIUM; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RAINWATER; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COCULTURE; LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA GORMANII; LEGIONELLA LONGBEACHAE; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY;

LEGIONELLA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA;

LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; RAIN; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 85027949476     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12559     Document Type: Article

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