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Factors promoting survival of bacteria in chlorinated water supplies
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Results of our experiments showed that the attachment of bacteria to surfaces provided the greatest increase in disinfection resistance. Attachment of unencapsulated Klebsiella pneumoniae grown in medium with high levels of nutrients to glass microscope slides afforded the microorganisms as much as a 150-fold increase in disinfection resistance. Other mechanisms which increased disinfection resistance included the age of the biofilm, bacterial encapsulation, and previous growth conditions (e.g., growth medium and growth temperature). These factors increased resistance to chlorine from 2- to 10-fold. The choice of disinfectant residual was shown to influence the type of resistance mechanism observed. Disinfection by free chlorine was affected by surfaces, age of the biofilm, encapsulation, and nutrient effects. Disinfection by monochloramine, however, was only affected by surfaces. Importantly, results showed that these resistance mechanisms were multiplicative (i.e., the resistance provided by one mechanism could be multiplied by the resistance provided by a second mechanism).
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“Microorganisms can influence corrosion of metals [40] and aerobic corrosion of steel can be influenced by Pseudomonas [14], hence it is possible that attachment of bacteria to the carbon filter surface facilitated an increase in chlorine disinfection resistance [41].”
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- Authors
- LeChevallier, M. W., Cawthon, C. D., & Lee, R. G.
- Venue
- Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Publisher
- American Society for Microbiology
- Published
- 1988-03
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 649-654
- ISSN
- 0099-2240 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-5336
- OpenAlex
- W2104421242
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- 452
- References
- 1
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- 12.00
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- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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