Nutrient gradients in a granular activated carbon biofilter drives bacterial community organization and dynamics

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 6355-6361

  Boon, Nico ^a   Pycke, Benny F G ^a   Marzorati, Massimo ^a   Hammes, Frederik ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Microbial ecology; Microbial resource manangement

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BIOFILTERS; DYNAMICS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MICROORGANISMS; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE WATER TREATMENT; OZONIZATION; RNA; SURFACE WATERS; WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON FILTRATION; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; MICROBIAL RESOURCE MANANGEMENT; NUTRIENT GRADIENTS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

POTABLE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; LAKE WATER; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTRATION; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; MATURATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUTRIENT CYCLING; ORGANIC CARBON; OZONE; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STABILIZATION; STEADY-STATE EQUILIBRIUM; SURFACE WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT; OZONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 80555149386     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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