Bacterial community dynamics during the early stages of biofilm formation in a chlorinated experimental drinking water distribution system: implications for drinking water discolouration

• Published in: Journal of applied microbiology Vol. 117; no. 1; pp. 286 - 301
• Main Authors: Douterelo, I, Sharpe, R, Boxall, J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Published for the Society for Applied Bacteriology by Blackwell Science 01.07.2014; Blackwell; Oxford University Press; BlackWell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: 16s rRNA sequencing; Bacteria; bacterial communities; bacterial community structure; Biodiversity; biofilm; biofilm development; Biofilms; Biofilms - growth & development; Biological and medical sciences; cleaning; community structure; discoloration; discolouration; Drinking water; Drinking Water - microbiology; drinking water distribution systems; fluorescence microscopy; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; genes; Genes, rRNA; Halogenation; Janthinobacterium; Microbial Consortia - genetics; Microbiology; Original; Oxalobacteraceae - classification; Oxalobacteraceae - genetics; Phylogeny; Pseudomonas; Pseudomonas - classification; Pseudomonas - genetics; ribosomal RNA; risk; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism; water distribution; Drinking water; 16s rRNA sequencing; Chlorine; Applied microbiology; Water distribution; drinking water distribution systems; Restriction fragment length polymorphism; Dynamics; Ribosomal RNA; Biofilm; 16S-RNA; Bacteria; bacterial community structure; biofilm development; Structure; Distribution system; Sequencing; discolouration; terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism; Microbial community

AIMS: To characterize bacterial communities during the early stages of biofilm formation and their role in water discolouration in a fully representative, chlorinated, experimental drinking water distribution systems (DWDS). METHODS AND RESULTS: Biofilm development was monitored in an experimental D...