The study of the microbial ecology of drinking water distribution systems (DWDS) has
traditionally been based on culturing organisms from bulk water samples. The development …

Legionella bacteria are ubiquitous in natural matrices and man-made systems. However, it
is not always clear if these reservoirs can act as source of infection resulting in cases of …

Wastewater treatment is crucial to environmental hygiene in urban environments. However,
wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) collect chemicals, organic matter, and …

The spread of opportunistic pathogens via public water systems is of growing concern. The
purpose of this study was to identify patterns of occurrence among three opportunistic …

Water-based opportunistic pathogens (OPs) are a leading cause of drinking-water-related
disease outbreaks, especially in developed countries such as the United States (US) …

Opportunistic premise (ie, building) plumbing pathogens (OPPPs, eg, Legionella
pneumophila, Mycobacterium avium complex, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Acanthamoeba …

While it is well-established that Legionella are able to colonize engineered water systems,
the number of interacting factors contributing to their occurrence, proliferation, and …

The Netherlands is one of the few countries where chlorine is not used at all, neither for
primary disinfection nor to maintain a residual disinfectant in the distribution network. The …

Aims This study investigated waterborne opportunistic pathogens (OPs) including potential
hosts, and evaluated the use of Legionella spp. for indicating microbial water quality for OPs …

The maintenance of a chlorine or chloramine residual to suppress waterborne pathogens in
drinking water distribution systems is common practice in the United States but less common …