Polaromonas and Hydrogenophaga species are the predominant bacteria cultured from granular activated carbon filters in water treatment

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1457-1467

  Magic Knezev, A ^a   Wullings, B ^a   Van Der Kooij, D ^b  

^a Het Waterlaboratorium   (Netherlands)

^b KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Drinking water; GAC filtration; Polaromonas

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BACTERIA; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; GROUNDWATER; GROWTH KINETICS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON FILTERS; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CULTIVABLE BACTERIA; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTERS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; POLAROMONAS; PREDOMINANT BACTERIA; REPRESENTATIVE STRAIN;

POTABLE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DNA 16S; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; GENOMICS; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WATER TREATMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; FILTER; GENOTYPE; HYDROGENOPHAGA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLAROMONAS; WATER TREATMENT;

AFIPIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDROGENOPHAGA; POLAROMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 70349950631     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2009.04337.x     Document Type: Article

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