Backwash intensity and frequency impact the microbial community structure and function in a fixed-bed biofilm reactor

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 815-827

  Li, Xu ^a   Yuen, Wangki ^b,e   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^c,d   Raskin, Lutgarde ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^e University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Backwash frequency; Backwash intensity; Biofilm reactor; Microbial community; Perchlorate

Indexed keywords

BACKWASH FREQUENCY; BACKWASH INTENSITY; BIOFILM REACTORS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PERCHLORATE;

BIOREACTORS; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REACTOR OPERATION; RNA; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE; RNA 16S;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CLONE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERCHLORATE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FIXED BED BIOFILM REACTOR; FIXED BED REACTOR; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC LINKAGE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; DRINKING WATER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCHLORIC ACID; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84867571566     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: 14320614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-011-3838-6     Document Type: Article

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