title: Analysis of the microbiological particulates in municipal drinking-water by scanning electron microscopy/X-ray energy spectroscopy.
abstract: Scanning electron microscopy and X-ray energy spectroscopy (SEM/XES) were used to survey the biological and nonbiological particles in two different municipal drinking-water systems. Microbiological particles could be differentiated from non-biological by their qualitative elemental compositions and this information was used as the basis for an automated detection scheme. Automated SEM/XES analyses were used to demonstrate microbiological differences between well-water and surface-water in distribution systems.
mesh_terms: D000150:Acinetobacter / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001407:Bacillus / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001419:Bacteria / Q000032:analysis* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000032:analysis / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013057:Spectrum Analysis; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply; D014965:X-Rays