Pulsed Field Electrophoresis of Genomic Restrietion Fragments for the Detection of Nosocomial Legionella pneumophila in Hospital Water Supplies MAN:FRED OTT,1 LARISA BENDER,1 REINHARD MARRE,2 AND JÖRG HACKER~* Institut für Genetik und Mikrobiologie, University of Würzburg, Röntgenring 11, W-8700 Würzburg, 1 and Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie, Medical University at Lübeck, W-2400 Lübeck...

Bacterial indicators and bacteriophages suggested as potential indicators of water quality were determined by public laboratories in water from springs, household water wells, and rural and metropolitan water supplies in north-eastern Spain. Indicator bacteria were detected more frequently than bacteriophages in springs, household water wells and rural water supplies. In contrast, positive bact...