Investigation of microbial communities on reverse osmosis membranes used for process water production

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 181-190

  Bereschenko, Ludmila A ^a,c   Stams, A J M ^b   Heilig, G H J ^b   Euverink, G J W ^a   Nederlof, M M ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bacterial communities; Biofilm; Biofouling; Reverse osmosis mebrane

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION;

CARTRIDGE FILTERS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY;

WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATERS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; ELECTROKINESIS; GEL; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; OSMOSIS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DNA EXTRACTION; FILTER; FLAVOBACTERIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPHINGOMONAS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FILTRATION; GENES, RRNA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FLAVOBACTERIUM; NITROSOMONAS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOBACTERIUM; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 34249651195     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.257     Document Type: Conference Paper

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