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Fernando Freitas de Oliveira1, René Peter Schneider2

  • 1Programa de Pósgraduação Interunidades em Biotecnologia, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo, Avenida Prof. Lineu Prestes, 1374, Cidade Universitária, CEP 05508-900, São Paulo - SP, Brazil; CEBIMAR - Centro de Biologia Marinha da Universidade de São Paulo, Rodovia Manoel Hypólito do Rego, km. 131, CEP 11600-000, São Sebastião - SP, Brazil.

Water Research
|March 16, 2019
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Keywords:
Biofouling controlMicrobial growth potentialReverse osmosisSeawaterSlow sand filtration

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