Assessing the impact of water treatment on bacterial biofilms in drinking water distribution systems using high-throughput DNA sequencing

Chemosphere

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-192

  Shaw, Jennifer L A ^a   Monis, Paul ^b   Fabris, Rolando ^b   Ho, Lionel ^b   Braun, Kalan ^b   Drikas, Mary ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN WATER QUALITY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm; DNA sequencing; Drinking water treatment; Metagenomics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COAGULATION; DISINFECTION; DNA; DNA SEQUENCES; GENE ENCODING; ION EXCHANGE; MICROFILTRATION; POTABLE WATER; QUALITY CONTROL; RNA; TASTE CONTROL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

16S RRNA GENE SEQUENCING; COMMUNITY STRUCTURES; DNA SEQUENCING; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; METAGENOMICS; OPERATIONAL TAXONOMIC UNITS; STERILE CONDITIONS;

CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON; DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COAGULATION; DNA; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISINFECTION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE SEQUENCE; MEMBRANE FILTER; METAGENOMICS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER SAMPLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STANDARDS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); OTUS;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; DRINKING WATER; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOME; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84920932874     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.06.077     Document Type: Article

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