Impact of chloramination on the development of laboratory-grown biofilms fed with filter-pretreated groundwater

Microbes and Environments

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-57

  Ling, Fangqiong ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^a  

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

Author keywords

16S rRNA pyrosequencing; Biofilm; Chloramine; Drinking water

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE; DISINFECTANT AGENT; DRINKING WATER; GROUND WATER; RNA 16S; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; DISINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; FILTRATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CHLORAMINES; DISINFECTANTS; DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84875192646     PISSN: 13426311     EISSN: 13474405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1264/jsme2.ME12095     Document Type: Article

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