Ciliates in rapid gravity filters of waterworks exploiting deep groundwaters

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 12-22

  Foissner, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ciliophora; Drinking water; Protozoa; Saprobic system

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS; BANDPASS FILTERS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS;

CILIOPHORA; DEEP GROUNDWATERS; GRAVITY FILTERS; MICRO AEROBICS; MICROENVIRONMENTS; MICROINVERTEBRATES; NUMBER OF SPECIES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; SAPROBIC SYSTEM; SPECIAL TREATMENTS;

BIOFILMS;

GROUND WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CILIATE; ECOLOGY; FILTER; GERMANY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ACINERIA; ACINERIA UNCINATA; ASPIDISCA LYNCEUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CILIOPHORA; CINETOCHILUM MARGARITACEUM; COLPIDIUM COLPODA; COLPODA; GLAUCOMA SCINTILLANS; HOLOSTICHA; LYNCEUS; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0030034838     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(199601)33:1<12::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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