Rich microbial communities inhabit water treatment biofilters and are differentially affected by filter type and sampling depth

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 145-156

  Wakelin, S A ^a   Page, D W ^a   Pavelic, P ^a   Gregg, A L ^a   Dillon, P J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthracite; Archaea; Bacteria; Biofilter; Clogging; Community structure; Diversity; Eukarya; Filter type; GAC; PCR DGGE

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ANTHRACITE; BACTERIA; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; CATCHMENTS; MICROORGANISMS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SAND; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ARCHAEA; CLOGGING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DIVERSITY; EUKARYA; FILTER TYPE; PCR-DGGE;

WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; POLYSACCHARIDE; STORM WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ANTHRACITE; BIOFILTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FILTER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYSACCHARIDE; SAMPLING; STORMWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; EUKARYOTE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 77955067323     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2010.570     Document Type: Article

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