Composition and distribution of bacteria in an operating rainwater harvesting tank

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1524-1530

  Kim, Mikyeong ^a   Han, Mooyoung ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacterial composition; Biofilm; DGGE; Rainwater; Rainwater tank

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BACTERIAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM FORMATION; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DGGE; FRESH WATER; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETIC DISTRIBUTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; RAIN WATER HARVESTING; RAINWATER; RAINWATER TANK; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

BACTERIOLOGY;

RAIN;

BACTERIUM; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ELECTROKINESIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PHYLOGENETICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAINWATER; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLANKTON; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPHINGOMONAS; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ECOSYSTEM; FRESH WATER; PLANKTON; RAIN; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOMONAS;

EID: 79955585031     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2011.410     Document Type: Article

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