title: Bacteriophages as model organisms in water treatment.
abstract: F-specific RNA bacteriophages have great potential as model organisms for monitoring the fate of human viruses in water treatment processes. They are consistently present in large numbers in all kinds of wastewaters and their resistance to inactivation is relatively high. A simple and reliable enumeration method is available.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Water and Food Microbiology, National Institute of Public Health and Environmental Hygiene, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Havelaar
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003090:Coliphages / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004463:Ecology; D010957:Plasmids; D014871:Water Microbiology