Bacterial composition in a metropolitan drinking water distribution system utilizing different source waters

Journal of Water and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 140-151

  Gomez Alvarez, Vicente ^a   Humrighouse, Ben W ^b,c   Revetta, Randy P ^a   Santo Domingo, Jorge W ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b 705 Engineering Research Center   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene sequencing; Bacterial diversity; Drinking water bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; SURFACE WATER; BACTERIAL RNA; RNA 16S;

COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DOMINANCE; DRINKING WATER; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALKALINITY; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL MYCOBACTERIUM; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DISINFECTION; DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; GENE SEQUENCE; GEOGRAPHY; LEGIONELLA; METHYLOBACTERIUM; MICROBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEXT GENERATION SEQUENCING; NONHUMAN; PH; PHYLOGENY; PLANCTOMYCETES; PROTEOBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIALES; SPHINGOMONAS; TAXONOMY; VERRUCOMICROBIA; VIBRIO; WATER QUALITY; WATER RETENTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANALYSIS; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LEGIONELLA; MYCOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA; CHLORINE; CITIES; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OHIO; PHYLOGENY; RIVERS; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84928991856     PISSN: 14778920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wh.2014.057     Document Type: Article

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