Microbial community response to chlorine conversion in a chloraminated drinking water distribution system

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 10624-10633

  Wang, Hong ^a   Proctor, Caitlin R ^a   Edwards, Marc A ^a   Pryor, Marsha ^b   Domingo, Jorge W Santo ^c   Ryu, Hodon ^c   Camper, Anne K ^d   Olson, Andrew ^d   Pruden, Amy ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b Bldg B   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^d MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; GENES; NITRIFICATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTABLE WATER; RNA; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEA (AOA); AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA; CHLORAMINATED DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; NITRIFYING POPULATION; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

CHLORINE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; NITRATE; NITRITE; RNA 16S; TOSYLCHLORAMIDE SODIUM; CHLORAMINE DERIVATIVE;

AMMONIA; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; DIVERSITY INDEX; DRINKING WATER; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NITRITE; PIPE; WATER SUPPLY;

ACIDOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA; AMMONIA OXIDIZING ARCHAEON; AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTEROIDETES; CHITINOPHAGACEAE; CHLORAMINATION; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FIRMICUTES; GENE DOSAGE; HALOGENATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LEGIONELLA; METHYLOBACTERIACEAE; METHYLOCOCCACEAE; METHYLOMONAS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADACEAE; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANCTOMYCETES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPHINGOBACTERIALES; SPHINGOMONADACEAE; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY; VERRUCOMICROBIA; WATER SUPPLY; WINTER; ARCHAEON; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; STANDARDS;

NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSPIRA;

AMMONIA; ARCHAEA; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; CHLORAMINES; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; NITRIFICATION; NITRITES; NITROBACTER; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84920649682     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502646d     Document Type: Article

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