Publications

The Division Water Quality and Health at KL works closely with the other members of the Inter-University Cooperation Centre Water and Health (ICC Water & Health). All publications of the ICC Water & Health can be found on the website www.waterandhealth.at.

2019

van Driezum IH, Derx J, Oudega TJ, Zessner M, Naus FL, Saracevic E, Kirschner AKT, Sommer R, Farnleitner AH, Blaschke AP (2019) Spatiotemporal resolved sampling for the interpretation of micropollutant removal during riverbank filtration. Science of the Total Environment 649:212-223. doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2018.08.300

2018

Kirschner AKT, Pleininger S, Jakwerth S, Rehak S, Farnleitner AH, Huhulescu S, Indra A (2018) Application of three different methods to determine the prevalence, the abundance and the environmental drivers of culturable Vibrio cholerae in fresh and brackish bathing waters. Journal of Applied Microbiology 125(4):1186-1198

Hatvani IG, Kirschner AKT, Farnleitner AH, Tanos P, Herzig A (2018) Hotspots and main drivers of fecal pollution in Neusiedler See, a large shallow lake in Central Europe. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 25(29):28884-28898

Frick C, Vierheilig J, Linke R, Savio D, Zornig H, Antensteiner R, Baumgartner C, Bucher C, Blaschke AP, Derx J, Kirschner AKT, Ryzinska-Paier G, Mayer R, Seidl D, Nadiotis-Tsaka T, Sommer R, Farnleitner AH (2018) Poikilothermic animals as a previously unrecognized source of fecal indicator bacteria in a backwater ecosystem of a large river. Applied Environmental Microbiology, AEM-00715. doi:10.1128/AEM.00715-18

Farnleitner AH, Savio D, Sommer R, Reischer GH, Kirschner AKT, Zerobin W, Stadler H (2018) Integrated strategy to guide health-related microbial quality management at alpine karstic drinking water resources. In: White WB et al (eds) Karst Groundwater Contamination and Public Health, Advances in Karst Science. 185-192; Springer international publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51070-5_20

Mayer RE, Reischer G, Ixenmaier SK, Derx J, Blaschke AP, Ebdon JE, Linke R, Egle L, Ahmed W, Blanch A, Byamukama D, Savill M, Mushi D, Cristóbal HA, Edge TA, Schade MA, Aslan A, Brooks YM, Sommer R, Masago Y, Sato MIZ, Taylor HD, Rose JB, Wuertz S, Shanks OC, Piringer H, Savio D, Mach RL, Zessner M, Farnleitner AH (2018) Global Distribution of Human-associated Fecal Genetic Markers in Reference Samples from Six Continents. Environmental science & technology, 52(9):5076-5084

Bliem R, Reischer GH, Linke R, Farnleitner AH & Kirschner AKT (2018) Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Vibrio cholerae in Turbid Alkaline Lakes as Determined by Quantitative PCR. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, AEM-00317

Mayer RE, Karl M, Linke R, Kirschner AKT, Reischer GH, Sommer R, Zessner M, Savio D, Farnleitner AH (2018) Analytik fäkaler mikrobiologischer Verunreinigungen im Zeitalter der molekularbiologischen Diagnostik. Wiener Mitteilungen 247:47-54

Savio D, Stadler P, Reischer GH, Kirschner AKT, Demeter K, Linke R, Blaschke AP, Sommer R, Szewzyk U, Wilhartitz IC, Mach RL, Stadler H, Farnleitner AH (2018) Opening the black box of spring water microbiology from alpine karst aquifers to support proactive drinking water resource management. Wileys Interdisciplinary Reviews: Water, 5(3), e1282

van Driezum IH, Chik AHS, Jakwerth S, Lindner G, Farnleitner AH, Sommer R, Blaschke AP, Kirschner AKT (2018) Spatiotemporal analysis of bacterial biomass and activity to understand surface and groundwater interactions in a highly dynamic riverbank filtration system. Science of the Total Environment 627:450–461

Kittinger C, Kirschner A, Lipp M, Baumert R, Mascher F, Farnleitner AH, Zarfel GE (2018) Antibiotic Resistance of Acinetobacter spp. Isolates from the River Danube: Susceptibility Stays High. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 15(1):E52

2017

Kirschner AKT, Reischer GH, Jakwerth S, Savio D, Ixenmaier S, Toth E, Sommer R, Mach RL, Linke R, Eiler A, Kolarevic S, Farnleitner AH (2017) Multiparametric monitoring of microbial faecal pollution reveals the dominance of human contamination along the whole Danube River. Water Res 124:543-555

Kolm C, Martzy R, Brunner K, Mach RL, Krska R, Heinze G, Sommer R, Reischer GH, Farnleitner AH (2017) A Complementary Isothermal Amplification Method to the U.S. EPA Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction Approach for the Detection of Enterococci in Environmental Waters. Environ Sci Technol. 51(12):7028-7035

Martzy R, Kolm C, Brunner K, Mach RL, Krska R, Sommer R, Farnleitner AH, Reischer GH (2017) A loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay for the rapid detection of Enterococcus spp. in water. Water Research 122:62-69

van Driezum IH, Derx J, Saracevic E, Kirschner AKT, Sommer R, Farnleitner AH, Blaschke AP (2017) Does Pumping Volume Affect the Concentration of Micropollutants in Groundwater Samples? Groundwater: Monitoring and Remediation 37/4:82-88

Zibuschka F, Kirschner A, Frick C, Lindner G, Reischer G, Lendenfeld T, Vogl W, Schauer U, Farnleitner AH (2017) Mikrobiologie und Wasser. Teil 1: Übersicht zu den methodischen Möglichkeiten der Analyse. ÖWAV-Arbeitsbehelf 52. Österreichischer Wasser- und Abfallwirtschaftsverband (ÖWAV)