Microorganisms at large: potable-water biofilms
Microorganisms at large: potable-water biofilms
Biofilms are ubiquitous in nature. Of environmental concern, they can proliferate in even low nutrient potable waters which have undergone approved treatment at the works. Potential pathogens may colonise the biofilm which provides a haven against environmental stresses, grazing predators and disinfection. Their survival is enhanced by the open architecture, heterogeneous structure of the adherent complex microbial consortium, whose topography resembles more a field of stacks or fronds, or consolidated “biosponge” with many water channels, than a confluent film. A mosaic of microenvironmental niches favours survival of anaerobes and microaerophiles in well oxygenated waters and encourages the physiological adaptation necessary for survival of the adherent consortia.
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Keevil, Charles William
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Rogers, Julie
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Walker, James T
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1 November 1995
Keevil, Charles William
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Rogers, Julie
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Walker, James T
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Keevil, Charles William, Rogers, Julie and Walker, James T
(1995)
Microorganisms at large: potable-water biofilms.
Microbiology Europe, 3 (6), .
Abstract
Biofilms are ubiquitous in nature. Of environmental concern, they can proliferate in even low nutrient potable waters which have undergone approved treatment at the works. Potential pathogens may colonise the biofilm which provides a haven against environmental stresses, grazing predators and disinfection. Their survival is enhanced by the open architecture, heterogeneous structure of the adherent complex microbial consortium, whose topography resembles more a field of stacks or fronds, or consolidated “biosponge” with many water channels, than a confluent film. A mosaic of microenvironmental niches favours survival of anaerobes and microaerophiles in well oxygenated waters and encourages the physiological adaptation necessary for survival of the adherent consortia.
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Published date: 1 November 1995
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Local EPrints ID: 477253
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/477253
ISSN: 0945-8182
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James T Walker
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