Effect of conventional chemical treatment on the microbial population in a biofouling layer of reverse osmosis systems

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 405-416

  Bereschenko, L A ^a,b,c   Prummel, H ^d   Euverink, G J W ^a   Stams, A J M ^b   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^c  

^a Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Water Technology   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d Waterlaboratorium Noord   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Clone library; CSLM; DGGE; Membrane; Sphingomonas

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CELLS; CHEMICAL CLEANING; CLONING; CYTOLOGY; MEMBRANES; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE WATERS;

CLONE LIBRARY; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CSLM; DGGE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEMS; SPHINGOMONAS;

WATER TREATMENT;

SURFACE WATER;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLONE; ELECTROKINESIS; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONVENTIONAL CHEMICAL TREATMENT; CYTOPHAGA; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLAVOBACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL IDENTIFICATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR LIBRARY; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANKTON; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SPHINGOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TEMPERATURE; ULTRAFILTRATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 78650419107     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2010.07.058     Document Type: Article

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