Quantification of the filterability of freshwater bacteria through 0.45, 0.22, and 0.1 μm pore size filters and shape-dependent enrichment of filterable bacterial communities

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7080-7086

  Wang, Yingying ^a,c   Hammes, Frederik ^a   Boon, Nico ^b   Egli, Thomas ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; NATURAL FRESHWATER; REGROWTH CYCLES;

FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GROWTH KINETICS; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORE SIZE; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA;

FRESH WATER;

BACTERIA; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GROWTH KINETICS; MICROFILTRATION; ORGANIC CARBON; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PORE SIZE; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIUM; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; FRESHWATER; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC CARBON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGROWTH; STERILIZATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILTER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GROWTH RATE; HYLEMONELLA GRACILIS; MICROFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; SPIRILLUM; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FILTRATION; FRESH WATER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HYLEMONELLA GRACILIS;

EID: 35348869942     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0707198     Document Type: Article

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