Basic microbiology for drinking water
By: Dennis R. Hill
Contributors: American Water Works Association
Edition: Third edition.
Publisher: American Water Works Association
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Denver, Colorado
Language: eng
Number of pages: 125
ISBN-13: 9781583219812; 9781613002582
Subjects: Drinking water; Microbiology; Purification
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Introduction; title: Building a progressive microbiology laboratory Disease transmission; title: Immunology; title: Microbial environmental diversity; title: Organization of the book; title: Chapter 2. Bacteria; title: Bacterial metabolism; title: Bacterial toxins; title: Bacteria of interest to the water industry; title: Gram Negative; title: Escherichia coli; title: Shigella; title: Salmonella; title: Aeromonas and plesiomonas; title: Vibrio cholerae; title: Campylobacter; title: Helicobacter pylori; title: Yersinia entercolitica; title: Legionella pneumophila; title: Pseudomonas aeruginosa; title: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare; title: Gram positive; title: Staphylococcus species; title: Streptococcus species; title: Enterococcus faecalis; title: Clostridium perfringens; title: Bacillus species; title: B. cereus and other bacillus species; title: Nuisance bacteria; title: Actinomycetes; title: Iron bacteria; title: Sulfur bacteria; title: Nitrifying bacteria; title: Denitrifying bacteria; title: Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae); title: Chapter 3. Viruses, protists, and other organisms; title: Viruses; title: Hepatitis a virus; title: Enteroviruses (Poliovirus, Coxsackievirus, Echovirus, and others); title: Gastroenteritis viruses; title: Protists; title: Protozoan-like protists; title: Paramecium; title: Giardia lamblia; title: Cryptosporidium parvum; title: Cyclospora cayetanensis; title: Microsporidia group; title: Amoeba; title: Algal-like protists; title: Multicellular organisms; title: Chapter 4. Laboratory methods for isolation and detection of pathogens; title: Sampling; title: Advancing Your Lab for Proactive Water Treatment; title: Microbiological Methods; title: Conventional testing methods; title: Heterotrophic plate count; title: MMO-MUG media; title: Membrane filtration; title: Media summary; title: Proper incubation time; title: Specific coliform detection media; title: Membrane filter integrity study; title: Cost study: Membrane filtration and MMO-MUG media; title: Testing for protozoa; title: Testing for viruses; title: Coliphages; title: Methods of testing for other organisms; title: Advances in molecular biology; title: Light microscopy; title: Kohler illumination; title: Aerobic endospore method; title: Well slide and glycerol phytoplankton method; title: Measurements and data accuracy; title: Chapter 5. Chemistry of microbiology and water treatment; title: Inorganic chemistry; title: Periodic table of the elements; title: Chemical compounds; title: Chemical formulas and notation; title: Acids and bases; title: Organic chemistry; title: The nitrogen cycle; title: Microbiology in water treatment; title: Softening; title: Disinfection; title: Appendix A: Scientific nomenclature, scientific notation, and units of measure; title: Appendix B: Preparation of new water mains for service.