Abundance and composition of indigenous bacterial communities in a multi-step biofiltration-based drinking water treatment plant

Water Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-52

  Lautenschlager, Karin ^a,b   Hwang, Chiachi ^c   Ling, Fangqiong ^c   Liu, Wen Tso ^c   Boon, Nico ^d   Köster, Oliver ^e   Egli, Thomas ^a,b   Hammes, Frederik ^a  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e Water Utility of Zurich (WVZ)   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

454 pyrosequencing; Adenosine tri phosphate (ATP); Biofilter; Drinking water; Microbial communities

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; AIR POLLUTION CONTROL; BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RNA;

454-PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; BIOFILTRATION PROCESS; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; PRIMARY FUNCTIONS; SLOW SAND FILTERS;

EFFLUENTS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; DRINKING WATER; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC CARBON; RNA 16S; SURFACE WATER; CARBON; CHARCOAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABUNDANCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILTRATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIODETES; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILTER; BIOFILTRATION; CHLOROFLEXI; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISINFECTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBON; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; OZONATION; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; RAPID SAND FILTER; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SLOW SAND FILTER; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANT; BACTERIA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ENZYMOLOGY; FILTRATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANKTON; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; SWITZERLAND; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PLANKTON; SWITZERLAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84902356366     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.035     Document Type: Article

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