Pyrosequencing demonstrated complex microbial communities in a membrane filtration system for a drinking water treatment plant

Agriculture & Biology

• drinking water treatment 100%
• Chromobacterium 69%
• particulates 62%
• microbial communities 60%
• Legionella 55%
• biofilm 43%
• beta-Proteobacteria 27%
• microfiltration 27%
• Aeromonas 25%
• alpha-Proteobacteria 25%
• pathogens 24%
• rare species 21%
• bacterial communities 21%
• drinking water 20%
• community structure 19%
• Pseudomonas 19%
• water 17%
• sampling 15%
• ribosomal RNA 14%
• environmental factors 13%
• genes 7%
• methodology 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• drinking water treatment 73%
• water treatment plant 69%
• microbial community 53%
• membrane 43%
• particulate matter 22%
• raw water 19%
• pathogen 16%
• biofilm 16%
• microfiltration 10%
• rare species 10%
• community composition 8%
• community structure 7%
• environmental conditions 7%
• drinking water 6%
• gene 6%