Culture dependent and independent analyses of bacterial communities involved in copper plumbing corrosion

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 771-782

  Pavissich, J P ^a   Vargas, I T ^a   Gonzalez B ^a,b   Pasten P A ^a   Pizarro, G E ^a  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD ADOLFO IBÁÑEZ   (Chile)

Author keywords

bacterial community; biofilm; copper plumbing; microbially influenced corrosion; water quality

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COPPER CORROSION; COPPER PIPE; MICROBIAL CORROSION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PIPELINE CORROSION; RNA; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL ISOLATES; BIOFILM FORMATION; COPPER CONCENTRATION; COPPER PLUMBING; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; MICROBIALLY-INFLUENCED CORROSIONS; NONSTERILE; STAGNANT WATER; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISMS;

BIOFILMS;

COPPER; FRESH WATER; RNA 16S;

AGING; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COPPER; CORROSION; CORROSION CONTROL; DOMINANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PH; PIPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; CORROSION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TUBE; WATER SAMPLING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 77955509493     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04704.x     Document Type: Article

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