SYTTY
UNDESIRABLE MICROBIAL BIOMASS IN DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Project leader: Prof. Mirja Salkinoja-Salonen, University
of Helsinki, Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology,
P.O.Box 56, FIN-00014 Helsinki University, Finland, tel.+358-9-19159300,
fax.+358-9-70859301,
e-mail: Mirja.Salkinoja-Salonen@helsinki.fi
PUBLICATIONS
(Updated May 20, 2002)
Articles in international scientific journals
Kostyal, E., M. Borsanyi, L. Rigottier-Gois, 1998: Organic halogen removal from chlorinated humic ground water and lake water by nitrifying fluidized-bed biomass characterised by electron microscopy and molecular methods. Appl. Microbiol Biotechnol., 50: 612-622.
Männistö, M.K., M.S. Tiirola, M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen, M.S. Kulomaa & J.A. Puhakka. 1999. Diversity of Chlorophenol Degrading Bacteria Isolated from Contaminated Boreal Groundwater. Archives in Microbiology, 171(3) 189-197.
Männistö, M., Salkinoja-Salonen, M.S. and Puhakka, J.A.2000. In situ polychlorophenol bioremediation potential of the indigenous bacterial community of boreal groundwater. Water Research, submitted.
Männistö, M.K., Schumann, P., Rainey, F.A., Kämpfer, P., Tsitko, I., Tiirola, M.A. & Salkinoja-Salonen, M.S., 2000. Subtercola boreus gen nov sp nov and Subtercola frigoramans, gen. nov. sp. nov., two new actinobacteria isolated from boreal groundwater. International Journal of Systematic and evolutionary Microbiology (formerly: Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol.), in press.
Busse, H.-J., A. Kainz, I. Tsitko, and M. S. Salkinoja-Salonen, 2000. Riboprints as a tool for rapid preliminary identification of Sphingomonads. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. SAM 1897.
Koskinen, R., T. Ali-Vehmas, P. Kämpfer, M., Laurikkala, I. Tsitko, E. Kostyal, F. Atroshi, and M. Salkinoja-Salonen, 2000: Characterization of Sphingomonas isolates from the Finnish and Swedish drinking water distribution networks. Journal of Applied Microbiology ( submitted).
Other scientific publications
Palmroth, M., 1998: Microbial growth in granular activated carbontreated disinfected water. M.Sc. thesis, Tampere University of Technology.
Koskinen, R., 2000: Characterization of Sphingomonas isolates from the Finnish and Swedish drinking water distribution networks. Lic. Ved. Med. thesis, University of Helsinki.
Hongell. A., 2000: Identification of undesirable microbial growth in water distribution system. Diploma thesis Espoo-Vantaa Institute of Technology (in preparation).
Laurikkala, M., 2000: Isolation and characterization of Mycobacterial species from Finnish drinking water distribution networks. Diploma thesis of engineering, Tampere University of Technology (in preparation).
Salkinoja-Salonen, MS, Kähkönen, MA, Wittmann, C., Peltola, RJ. 1998. Microbial activity in cold climate. In: Prospective terrestrial environment and ground water pollution research conference. Proceedings, Göteborg 15-18.11.1998. , ed. by Karsten Pedersen. European Science Foundation & MISTRA, Published by Göteborg University, Göteborg, 1999, pp. 117-125.
Palmroth, M, and P. Vuoriranta, 1999: Microbial growth in granular activated carbon treated disinfected water. In: Water and Environmental Engineering, Report 9, pp. 80-83. Institute of Water and Environmental Engineering. Tampere University of Technology.
Vuoriranta, P., J. Pietari, L. Henzschel, S. Soini, M. Palmroth, and
J. Puhakka, 1999: Activated carbon filtration in drinking water treatment.
In: Water and Environmental Engineering, Report 9, pp. 15-19. Institute
of Water and Environmental Engineering. Tampere University of Technology.