Microbial community structure of a slow sand filter schmutzdecke: A phylogenetic snapshot based on rRNA sequence analysis

Water Science and Technology: Water Supply

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 426-436

  Wakelin, S ^a,b   Page, D ^b   Dillon, P ^b   Pavelic, P ^b,c   Abell, G C J ^b   Gregg, A L ^b   Brodie, E ^d   DeSantis, T Z ^d   Goldfarb, K C ^d   Anderson, G ^d  

^a AGRESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c INTERNATIONAL CROPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR THE SEMI ARID TROPICS ICRISAT   (India)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archaea; Bacteria; Eukarya; PhyloChip; Schmutzdecke; Slow sand filter; SSU rRNA

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BANDPASS FILTERS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; PROTOZOA; RNA; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARCHAEA; EUKARYA; PHYLOCHIP; SCHMUTZDECKE; SLOW SAND FILTERS; SSU RRNA;

MICROORGANISMS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; RIBOSOME RNA;

CLONE; DRINKING WATER; FILTER; FUNGUS; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYLOGENETICS; PROKARYOTE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMOEBOZOA; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOFILM; BIOFILTER; CERCOZOA; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; CILIATE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA MICROARRAY; EUKARYOTE; EURYARCHAEOTA; FIRMICUTES; GENE LIBRARY; GREEN ALGA; HALOBACTERIALES; MICROALGA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PREDATION; PROTEOBACTERIA; PROTOZOON; RNA SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SLOW SAND FILTER; STRAMENOPILE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; VIRIDIPLANTAE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARCHAEA; ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CERCOZOA; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; CILIOPHORA; EUKARYOTA; EURYARCHAEOTA; FUNGI; HALOBACTERIALES; PROTISTA; PROTOZOA; STRAMENOPILES;

EID: 80054768841     PISSN: 16069749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/ws.2011.063     Document Type: Article

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