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Determination of the Effects of Medium Composition on the Monochloramine Disinfection Kinetics of Nitrosomonas europaea by the Propidium Monoazide Quantitative PCR and Live/Dead BacLight Methods
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Wahman, D. G., K. A. Schrantz, AND J. G. Pressman. Determination of the Effects of Medium Composition on the Monochloramine Disinfection Kinetics of Nitrosomonas europaea by the Propidium Monoazide Quantitative PCR and Live/Dead BacLight Methods. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY. American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, 76(24):8277-8280, (2010).
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Various media compositions (phosphate 1-50 mM; ionic strength 2.8-150 meq/L) significantly affected Nitrosomonas europaea monochloramine disinfection kinetics determined by Live/Dead BacLight (LD) and propidium monoazide quantitative PCR (PMA-qPCR) methods (lag coefficient 37-490 (LD) and 91-490 (PMA-qPCR) mg-min/L; Chick-Watson rate constant 4.0-9.3 x 10-3 (LD) and 1.6-9.6 x 10-3 (PMA-qPCR) L/mg-min).
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DETERMINATION OF THE EFFECTS OF MEDIUM COMPOSITION ON THE MONOCHLORAMINE DISINFECTION KINETICSAbstract
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