title: Microbial survey of a full-scale, biologically active filter for treatment of drinking water.
abstract: 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.
authors: University of Cincinnati, Department of Biological Sciences, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. white.colin@epa.gov
authors: Colin P
authors: CP
authors: White
authors: Ronald W
authors: RW
authors: Debry
authors: Darren A
authors: DA
authors: Lytle
mesh_terms: D001105:Archaea / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D001419:Bacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D058448:Biota; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D060766:Drinking Water; D004783:Environmental Microbiology; D005374:Filtration / Q000379:methods*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D018508:Water Purification / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D060766:Drinking Water