Establishment and early succession of bacterial communities in monochloramine-treated drinking water biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 404-414

  Revetta, Randy P ^a   Gomez Alvarez, Vicente ^a   Gerke, Tammie L ^a   Curioso, Claudine ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a   Ashbolt, Nicholas J ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Drinking water; Microbial communities; Monochloramine; Mycobacterium; Succession

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DRINKING WATER; SIMULATOR; SUCCESSION; WATER QUALITY;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CORYNEBACTERINEAE; DIAPHOROBACTER; MYCOBACTERIUM; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSOSPIRA MULTIFORMIS; NITROSPIRA MOSCOVIENSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; SERRATIA;

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CLASSIFICATION; COLONIZATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SUCCESSION; WATER QUALITY;

COLONIZATION; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MONOCHLORAMINE; MYCOBACTERIUM; SUCCESSION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; CHLORAMINES; DISINFECTANTS; MYCOBACTERIUM; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84887616059     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1574-6941.12170     Document Type: Article

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