研究饮用水处理中的多个全尺寸慢砂过器微生物群体组成的空间和时间动态

Valentina Attiani1, Hauke Smidt2, Paul W J J van der Wielen1

  • 1Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University & Research, P.O. Box 8033, 6700, EH, Wageningen, the Netherlands; KWR Watercycle Research Institute, P.O. Box 1072, 3430 BB, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.

Water research
|May 4, 2025
PubMed
概括

这项研究揭示了缓慢沙 (SSF) 中不同深度的独特微生物群落,这对于可持续的饮用水处理至关重要. 一个核心细菌组驱动着重要的过程,即使在过器清洗后也表现出弹性.

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