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Microbial Survey of a Full-Scale, Biologically Active Filter for Treatment of Drinking Water

Author(s) -

Colin White,

Ronald W. DeBry,

Darren A. Lytle

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

applied and environmental microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552

H-Index - 324

eISSN - 1070-6291

pISSN - 0099-2240

DOI - 10.1128/aem.00308-12

Subject(s) - nitrospira , nitrosomonas , microbial population biology , microbial ecology , environmental science , ecology , biology , environmental chemistry , chemistry , bacteria , genetics , nitrite , nitrate

The microbial community of a full-scale, biologically active drinking water filter was surveyed using molecular techniques. Nitrosomonas, Nitrospira, Sphingomonadales, and Rhizobiales dominated the clone libraries. The results elucidate the microbial ecology of biological filters and demonstrate that biological treatment of drinking water should be considered a viable alternative to physicochemical methods.

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