Impact of drinking water conditions and copper materials on downstream biofilm microbial communities and Legionella pneumophila colonization

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 905-918

  Lu, J ^a   Buse, H Y ^b   Gomez Alvarez, V ^a   Struewing, I ^b   Santo Domingo, J ^a   Ashbolt, N J ^a,c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Dynamac Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Downstream; Legionella pneumophila; Microbial community; Pipe material

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE; EFFLUENTS; FLOW OF WATER; PLASTIC PIPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; RNA; TUBING;

COLONISATION; CONDITION; COPPER MATERIALS; DOWN-STREAM; FREE LIVINGS; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PIPE MATERIAL; WATER CONDITIONS;

BIOFILMS;

CHLORINE; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHLORIDE; COLONIZATION; COPPER; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); AMOEBA RESISTING BACTERIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; GENE LIBRARY; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIPELINE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PROTOZOON; RHODOBACTERACEAE; SIMULATION; WATER FLOW; ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBOZOA; BACTERIA; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

UNITED STATES;

AMOEBA (GENUS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTOZOA; RHODOBACTERACEAE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COPPER; DRINKING WATER; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; LOBOSEA; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 85027949856     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12578     Document Type: Article

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