A bacterial population structure study of water cooling systems in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Cloete, Thomas Eugene | |
| dc.contributor.author | Brözel, Volker Siegfried | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pressly, J. | |
| dc.contributor.email | eugene.cloete@up.ac.za | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2008-01-09T05:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2008-01-09T05:46:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1989-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Bacteria forming biofilms occur in all open water cooling systems where they accelerate metallic corrosion, reduce flow rate and decrease heat energy transfer rate. A population structure study of seven systems was conducted. The isolate most frequently encountered was Pseudomonas fluorescens (35,5%), the species commonly used in research regarding biofilm formation. This was followed by Chromobacter violaceum, P. pickettii, P. stutzeri and P. putida, each amounting to 6,6%. The dominant organisms occurred in two groups of over 85% relatedness between their biochemical reaction patterns. Overall four distinguishable groups occurred on the 90% similarity level. | en |
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| dc.identifier.citation | Cloete, TE, Brözel, VS & Pressly, J 1989, 'A bacterial population structure study of water cooling systems in South Africa', Water SA, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 37-42. [http://www.wrc.org.za/publications_watersa] | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0378-4738 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/4164 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Water Research Council | en |
| dc.rights | Water Research Council | en |
| dc.subject | Water cooling systems | en |
| dc.subject | Bacterial population structure | en |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Bacteriology -- Cultures and culture media | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Biofilms | |
| dc.subject.lcsh | Pseudomonas fluorescens | |
| dc.title | A bacterial population structure study of water cooling systems in South Africa | en |
| dc.type | Article | en |