Biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes used in river water purification for drinking purposes: analysis of microbial populations

Biofouling

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 969-984

  Chiellini, Carolina ^a   Iannelli, Renato ^a   Modeo, Letizia ^a   Bianchi, Veronica ^a   Petroni, Giulio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; 18S rRNA; Actinobacteria; Amoebozoa; biofouling; reverse osmosis membrane

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; RNA 18S;

BIOFOULING; COLONIZATION; DRINKING WATER; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; OSMOSIS; PROTOZOAN; PURIFICATION; RIVER WATER; TAXONOMY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMOEBOZOA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CLASSIFICATION; DRINKING; FILTRATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PARASITOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RIVER; RNA GENE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMOEBOZOA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; DRINKING; FILTRATION; GENES, RRNA; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RIVERS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 18S; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

ACTINOBACTERIA; AMOEBOZOA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LOBOSEA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 84866682135     PISSN: 08927014     EISSN: 10292454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2012.724679     Document Type: Article

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