Bacterial community structure and variation in a full-scale seawater desalination plant for drinking water production

Water Research

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-72

  Belila, A ^a   El Chakhtoura, J ^a,b   Otaibi, N ^a   Muyzer, G ^c   Gonzalez Gil, G ^a   Saikaly, P E ^a   van Loosdrecht, M C M ^b   Vrouwenvelder, J S ^a,b,d  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

16S rRNA gene pyrosequencing; Bacterial population; Membrane based drinking water production; Reverse osmosis; Sample contamination control; Seawater desalination

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CHLORINATION; CONTAMINATION; DESALINATION; GENES; ORGANIC CARBON; POTABLE WATER; RNA; SEAWATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY;

16S RRNA GENE; 16S RRNA GENE PYROSEQUENCING; BACTERIAL POPULATION; CONTAMINATION CONTROL; DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE BASED DRINKING WATER PRODUCTION; MEMBRANE-BASED; PYROSEQUENCING; SAMPLE CONTAMINATION CONTROL; SEAWATER DESALINATION;

REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL RNA; CHLORINE; DRINKING WATER; RNA 16S; SEA WATER; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE;

BIOFOULING; CHLORINATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DESALINATION; DRINKING WATER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RNA; SEAWATER; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTEROIDETES; CELL COUNT; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; DESALINATION; FIRMICUTES; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; PYROSEQUENCING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SEAWATER DESALINATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING; WATER TREATMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOSIS; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDETES; CYANOBACTERIA; FIRMICUTES; OTUS; PICEA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

CHLORINE; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRINKING WATER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; OSMOSIS; PROTEOBACTERIA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 84959125949     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2016.02.039     Document Type: Article

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