| lemon juice as a natural biocide for disinfecting drinking water. | the natural biocidal activity of lemon juice was studied in order to explore its possible use as a disinfectant and inhibitor of vibrio cholerae in drinking water for areas lacking water treatment plants. from january through july 1993, water samples of varying alkalinity and hardness were prepared artificially, and underground and surface water samples were obtained from a number of different rural and urban areas in argentina's buenos aires province. after measuring the latter samples' hardnes ... | 1994 | 7858646 |
| viable but nonculturable vibrio cholerae o1 in the aquatic environment of argentina. | in argentina, as in other countries of latin america, cholera has occurred in an epidemic pattern. vibrio cholerae o1 is native to the aquatic environment, and it occurs in both culturable and viable but nonculturable (vnc) forms, the latter during interepidemic periods. this is the first report of the presence of vnc v. cholerae o1 in the estuarine and marine waters of the rio de la plata and the argentine shelf of the atlantic ocean, respectively. employing immunofluorescence and pcr methods, ... | 2004 | 15574951 |
| environment and virulence factors of vibrio cholerae strains isolated in argentina. | to determine the presence of vibrio cholerae in different areas of argentina in three sample types, to determine the composition of planktonic communities in areas at which this pathogen was detected and to characterize the virulence properties and antimicrobial resistance of the recovered environmental isolates. | 2007 | 18045430 |