Bacterial communities associated with an occurrence of colored water in an urban drinking water distribution system.

Author: Hui Ting WU ^{1
,

2} ; Zi Long MI ¹ ; Jing Xu ZHANG ³ ; Chao CHEN ¹ ; Shu Guang XIE ³
Author Information

1. State Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Microorganism Application and Risk Control (MARC), Tsinghua University, 100084 Beijing, China
2. School of Environment, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China.
3. State Key Joint Laboratory of Environmental Simulation and Pollution Control, College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Publication Type:Letter
MeSH: Bacteria; genetics; isolation & purification; Drinking Water; microbiology; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; genetics; Water Microbiology; Water Supply; analysis
From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2014;27(8):646-650
CountryChina
Language:English
Abstract: This study aimed to investigate bacterial community in an urban drinking water distribution system (DWDS) during an occurrence of colored water. Variation in the bacterial community diversity and structure was observed among the different waters, with the predominance of Proteobacteria. While Verrucomicrobia was also a major phylum group in colored water. Limnobacter was the major genus group in colored water, but Undibacterium predominated in normal tap water. The coexistence of Limnobacter as well as Sediminibacterium and Aquabacterium might contribute to the formation of colored water.