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