Microbial activity in drinking water-associated biofilms

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 201-214

  Farkas, Anca ^a   Dragan Bularda, Mihail ^b   Muntean, Vasile ^b   Ciataras, Dorin ^a   Tigan, Stefan ^c  

^a Someş Water Company ^*  (Romania)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c IULIU HATIEGANU UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling effects; Drinking water treatment; Physiological processes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84870820008     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-013-0126-0     Document Type: Article

References (47)

1. Gray N. F., Drinking water quality. Problems and solutions, Cambridge University Press, New York, 2008.
2. Costerton J. W., Structure of biofilms, In: Geesey G. G., Lewandowski Z., Flemming H. C. (Eds.), Biofouling and biocorrosion in industrial water systems, CRC Press, New York, 1994.
3. Flemming H. C., Percival S. I., Walker J. T., Contamination potential of biofilms in water distribution systems, Wa. Sci. Technol., 2002, 2, 271-280.
4. Rittmann B. E., Stilwell D., Ohashi A. Transientstate, multiple-species biofilm model for biofiltration processes, Water Res., 2002, 36, 2342-2356.
5. Emtiazi F., Schwartz T., Marten S. M., Krolla-Sidenstein P., Obst U., Investigation of natural biofilms formed during the production of drinking water from surface water embankment filtration, Water Res., 2004, 38, 1197-1206.
6. LeChevallier M. W., Au K. K., Water treatment and pathogen control, IWA Publishing, London, 2004.
7. Bachmann R. T., Edyvean R. G. J., Biofouling: an historic and contemporary review of its causes, consequences and control in drinking water distribution systems, Biofouling, 2006, 2, 197-227.
8. Schaule G., Griebe T., Flemming H. C., Steps in biofilm sampling and characterization in biofouling cases, In: Flemming H. C., Szewzyk U., Griebe T. (Eds)., Biofilms. Technomic, Lancaster, 2000.
9. Exner M., Vacata V., Gebel, J., Public health aspects of the role of HPC - an introduction, In: Bartram J., Cotruvo J., Exner M., Fricker C., Glasmacher A., (Eds.), Heterotrophic plate counts and drinking water safety. The significance of HPCs for water quality and human health, IWA Publishing, London, 2003.
10. Beech I. B., Sulfate-reducing bacteria in biofilms on metallic materials and corrosion, Microbiol. Today, 2003, 30, 115-117.
11. Coetser S. E., Cloete T. E., Biofouling and biocorrosion in industrial water systems, Crit. Rev. Microbiol., 2005, 31, 213-232.
12. LeChevallier M. W., Babcock T. M., Ramon G. L., Examination and characterization of distribution system biofilms, Appl. Environ. Microb., 1987, 53, 2714-2724.
13. Echverria F., Castano J. G., Arroyave C., Penuela G., Ramirez A., Morato J., Characterization of deposits formed in a water distribution system, Ingeniare. Rev. Chil. Ing., 2009, 17, 275-281.
14. Eichler S., Christen R., Höltje C., Westphal P., Bötel J., Brettar I., et al., Composition and dynamics of bacterial communities of a drinking water supply system as assessed by RNA- and DNA-based 16S rRNA gene fingerprinting, Appl. Environ. Microb., 2006, 72, 1858-1872.
15. Seth A. D., Edyvean R. G. J., The function of sulphatereducing bacteria in corrosion of potable water mains, Int. Biodeter. Biodegr., 2006, 58, 108-111.
16. Cerrato J. M., Falkinham J. O., Dietrich A. M., Knocke W. R., McKinney C. W., Pruden A., Manganese-oxidising and -reducing microorganisms isolated from biofilms in chlorinated drinking water systems, Water Res., 2010, 44, 3935-3945.
17. Farkas A., Ciataras D., Biofilms in drinking water treatment plant: physiological groups of bacteria involved in corrosion, Romaqua, 2011, 74, 10-21.
18. Farkas A., Bogatean M., Ciataras D., Bocos B., Tigan S., The new water source of Cluj brings improvements in raw water quality, In: V. Ciomos, E. Demetrescu, C. Popescu (Eds.), Proceedings of 1st Danube - Black Sea Regional Young Water Professionals Conference (14-15 June 2011, Bucharest, Romania), Estfalia, 2011, 3-9.
19. Cusa V., Methodological instructions for microbiological analysis of water and sediments [Instructiuni metodologice pentru analiza microbiologica a sedimentelor acvatice], Institute for Research and Environmental Engineering, Bucharest, 1996, (in Romanian).
20. Dragan-Bularda M., General microbiology - Laboratory handbook [Microbiologie generala - Lucrari practice], Babeş-Bolyai University Press, Cluj-Napoca, 2000, (in Romanian).
21. Atlas R. M., Handbook of Microbiological Media, 3rd ed., CRC Press, New York, 2004.
22. Kandeler E., Physiological and biochemical methods for studying soil biota and their function, In: Paul E. A. (Ed.), Soil microbiology, ecology and biochemistry, Academic Press, UK, 2007.
23. Overmann J., Novel cultivation strategies for environmentally important microorganisms, In: Barton L. L., Loy A., Mandl M. (Eds.), Geomicrobiology: molecular and environmental perspective, Springer Science and Business Media, 2010.
24. Tigan S., Achimas A., Drugan S., Course in computer science and medical statistics [Curs de informatica si statistica medicala], Srima Press, Cluj-Napoca, 2001, (in Romanian).
25. Rosner B., Fundamentals of biostatistics, Duxbury Press, New York, 2005.
26. Lumperdeanu M., Dragan-Bularda M., Studies on some ecological groups of bacteria from the Gilau dam lake - Cluj County [Studii asupra unor grupe ecologice de bacterii din lacul de acumulare Gilau - judetul Cluj], Stud. Univ. Babes-Bol. Biologia, 2003, 1, 103-113, (in Romanian).
27. Curticapean M., Dragan-Bularda M., The quantitative distribution of some ecological groups of bacteria from the Tarnita dam reservoir, Stud. Univ. Babes-Bol. Biologia, 2005, 2, 147-163.
28. Panova A., Dimkov R., Depth distribution of freshwater microorganisms and physicochemical characteristics in Iskar reservoir, Biotechnol. & Biotechnol. Eq., 2008, 22, 560-565.
29. Sipkoska-Gastarova B., Atanasova-Pancevska N., Kungulovski D., Kungulovski I., Presence of nitrogen cycle bacteria in the water of Strezevo reservoir. Balkans Water Observation and Information System, 2008, http://balwois. com/balwois/administration/full_paper/ffp-1377. pdf.
30. Ginige M. P., Wylie J., Plumb J., Influence of biofilms on iron and manganese deposition in drinking water distribution systems, Biofouling, 2011, 27, 151-163.
31. Sheng X., Ting Y. P., Pehkonen S. O., The influence of ionic strength, nutrients and pH on bacterial adhesion to metals, J. Colloid. Interface. Sci., 2008, 321, 256-264.
32. Beale D. J., Dunn, M. S., Morrison, P. D., Porter, N. A., Marlow, D. Characterisation of bulk water samples fromcopper pipes undergoing microbially influenced corrosion by diagnostic metabolomic profiling, Corros. Sci., 2012, 55, 272-279.
33. Authority of Public Health of Cluj County, Report on drinking water supply in Cluj County, 2010, electronic report, (in Romanian).
34. Fry J. C., Functional roles of the major groups of bacteria associated with detritus, In: Moriarty D. J. W., Pullin R. S. V., (Eds.), Detritus and microbial ecology in aquaculture, International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management, Manila, 1987.
35. Cameron I., Bourgine F., New frontier - biological iron and manganese removal from drinking water, Institute of Public Works Engineered Australia, Sydney, 1999.
36. Hope C. K., Bott T. R., Laboratory modelling of manganese biofiltration using biofilms of Leptothrix discophora, Water Res., 2004, 38, 1853-1861.
37. de Vet W., Biological drinking water treatment of anaerobic groundwater in trickling filters, PhD Thesis, Technical University, Delft, The Netherlands, 2011.
38. Ivanov V., Chu J., Applications of microorganisms to geotechnical engineering for bioclogging and biocementation of soil in situ, Rev. Environ. Sci. Biotechnol., 2008, 7, 139-153.
39. Farkas A., Dragan-Bularda M., Ciataras D., Bocos B., Tigan S., Opportunistic pathogens and faecal indicators in drinking water associated biofilms in Cluj, Romania, J. Water Health, 2012, 10, 471-483.
40. Garrity G. M., Brenner D. J., Krieg N. R., Staley J. T., Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol. 2. The Proteobacteria, Bergey's Manual Trust, Michigan, 2005.
41. Holmes P., Nicolls L. M., Aeromonads in drinking-water supplies: their occurrence and significance, Water Environ. J., 1995, 9, 464-469.
42. McLeod E. S., Dawood Z., MacDonald R., Oosthuizen M. C., Graf J., Steyn P. L., et al., Isolation and identification of sulphite- and iron reducing, hydrogenase positive facultative anaerobes from cooling water systems, Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1998, 21, 297-305.
43. Seshadri R., Joseph S. W., Chopra A. K., Sha J., Shaw J., Graf J., et al., Genome sequence of Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966T: Jack of all trades, J. Bacteriol., 2006, 188, 8272-8282.
44. Banning N., Toze S., Mee B. J., Persistence of biofilm-associated Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in groundwater and treated effluent in a laboratory model system, Microbiology, 2003, 149, 47-55.
45. Folsom J. P., Richards L., Pitts B., Roe F., Ehrlich G. D., Parker A., et al., Physiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in biofilms as revealed by transcriptome analysis, BMC Microbiol., 2010, 10, 294.
46. Lee D. G., Kim S. J., Bacterial species in biofilm cultivated from the end of Seoul water distribution system, J. Appl. Microbiol., 2003, 95, 317-324.
47. Whitman W. B., Parte A. C., De Vos P., Garrity G. M., Jones D., Krieg N. R., et al., Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Vol 3. The Firmicutes. Bergey's Manual Trust, Athens, 2009.