Analysis of structure and composition of bacterial core communities in mature drinking water biofilms and bulk water of a citywide network in Germany

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3530-3538

  Henne, Karsten ^a   Kahlisch, Leila ^a   Brettar, Ingrid ^a   Höfle, Manfred G ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

16S RRNA; ACTINOBACTERIA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BULK WATER; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; GERMANY; MOLECULAR FRACTIONS; PHYLOTYPES; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING POINTS; SUPPORT MATERIALS;

GENES; RNA;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL DNA; DRINKING WATER; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GERMANY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRINKING WATER; GERMANY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BRAUNSCHWEIG; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLAMYDIALES; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84861150734     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.06373-11     Document Type: Article

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