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Impact of water heater temperature setting and water use frequency on the building plumbing microbiome

Hot water plumbing is an important conduit of microbes into the indoor environment and can increase risk of opportunistic pathogens (for example, Legionella pneumophila). We examined the combined effects of water heater temperature (39, 42, 48, 51 and 58 °C), pipe orientation (upward/downward), and...

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Autores principales: Ji, Pan, Rhoads, William J, Edwards, Marc A, Pruden, Amy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5437349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28282040
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2017.14