Operational performance, biomass and microbial community structure: Impacts of backwashing on drinking water biofilter

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 546-554

  Liao, Xiaobin ^a   Chen, Chao ^a   Zhang, Jingxu ^b   Dai, Yu ^b   Zhang, Xiaojian ^a   Xie, Shuguang ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Backwashing; Biofiltration; Biological activated carbon (BAC); Disinfection by products; High input sequencing; Organicmatter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFILTRATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISINFECTION; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; ORGANIC MATTER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRADYRHIZOBIUM; HYPHOMICROBIUM; MICROCYSTIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; SPHINGOBIUM;

CHARCOAL; DRINKING WATER; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; PILOT STUDY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHARCOAL; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PILOT PROJECTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925783991     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3393-7     Document Type: Article

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