Biofouling of reverse-osmosis membranes under different shear rates during tertiary wastewater desalination: Microbial community composition

Water Research

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 86-95

  Al Ashhab, Ashraf ^a   Gillor, Osnat ^a   Herzberg, Moshe ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Microbial community composition; Municipal wastewater; Reverse osmosis; Shear rate

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; EFFLUENTS; MICROORGANISMS; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SHEAR FLOW;

FEED WATER; HIGH SHEAR RATE; MEMBRANE SURFACE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; REVERSE OSMOSIS DESALINATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; SHEAR-RATE; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DESALINATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OSMOSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFOULING; DESALINATION; EFFLUENT; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SHEAR RATE; VELOCITY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOFILM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER FLOW;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; RNA 16S;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PROTEOBACTERIA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84907515657     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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