title: Concentration of Giardia lamblia cysts, Legionella pneumophila, Clostridium perfringens, human enteric viruses, and coliphages from large volumes of drinking water, using a single filtration.
abstract: Poliovirus, coliphages, Giardia lamblia cysts, Clostridium perfringens spores, and Legionella pneumophila were concentrated simultaneously in a single pass by sequential filtration of large volumes of drinking water through 3- and 1-micron wound electronegative fiberglass cartridge filters (25.4 cm). Filtration was performed under acidic conditions (pH 3.5) in the presence of 0.001 M aluminum chloride to enhance adsorption. Elution of all the microorganisms entrapped or adsorbed to the filters was obtained by a slow backwash elution with a 1.5% beef extract solution, pH 9.75, containing 0.5% Tween 80. Tween 80 was shown to enhance recovery of the bacteriophages, bacteria, and parasites. Giardia cysts were efficiently eluted (71%) and could be reconcentrated by low-speed centrifugation and purified by sucrose density gradient flotation at a final recovery of 52%. Legionella pneumophila cells were eluted at 64% and were further concentrated by low-speed centrifugation at an overall recovery of 55%. C. perfringens spores and coliphages were eluted at efficiencies of 82 and 86%, respectively, and reconcentrated with minimal loss by a detergent - protein flotation method. Poliovirus was eluted at 93% and reconcentrated at 78% efficiency by organic flocculation.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en virologie, Université du Québec, Laval, Canada.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Payment
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bérubé
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Perreault
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Armon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trudel
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003016:Clostridium perfringens / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003090:Coliphages / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004770:Enterovirus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005374:Filtration; D005872:Giardia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D007875:Legionella / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014876:Water Pollution; D014881:Water Supply