Exploring microbial communities and differences of cartridge filters (CFs) and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes for seawater desalination processes

Desalination

Volumn 298, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-92

  Chun, Youngpil ^a   Ha, Phuc Thi ^a   Powell, Lydia ^b   Lee, Jinwook ^a   Kim, Daehee ^a   Choi, Donggeon ^a   Lovitt, Robert W ^b   Kim, In S ^a   Mitra, Sambu Saran ^c   Chang, In Seop ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction Co Ltd   (South Korea)

Author keywords

16S rDNA gene analysis; Biofouling; Desalination; Microbial community structure

Indexed keywords

16S RDNA SEQUENCING; CARTRIDGE FILTERS; DESALINATION PLANT; FIRMICUTES; GENE ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; RO MEMBRANE; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS); GENES; MICROORGANISMS; SEAWATER; WATER FILTRATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESALINATION; DNA; FILTER; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; SEAWATER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FIRMICUTES; PLANCTOMYCETACIA; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 84862202700     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.05.007     Document Type: Article

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