ArticleEnvironmental science & technology2020
360-Degree Distribution of Biofilm Quantity and Community in an Operational Unchlorinated Drinking Water Distribution Pipe.
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- Long-term influences of pipe materials on bacterial communities of matured biofilms (> 40 years' old) in drinking water distribution systems.Fundamental research · 2026Article
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- Review of the Presence and Phage-Mediated Transfer of ARGs in Biofilms.Microorganisms · 2025Review
- Dynamics of drinking water biofilm formation associated with Legionella spp. colonization.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Responses of drinking water bulk and biofilm microbiota to elevated water age in bench-scale simulated distribution systems.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2024Article
- Early succession of biofilm bacterial communities in newly built drinking water pipelines via multi-area analysis.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2023Article
- Pilot investigation on biostability of drinking water distribution systems under water source switching.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2022Article
- Removal efficacy of opportunistic pathogen gene markers in drinking water supply systems: an in situ and large-scale molecular investigation.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
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Abstract
In the present study, triplicate rings of 360° pipe surfaces of an operational drinking water distribution pipe were swabbed. Each ring was equally divided into 16 parts for swabbing. The collected swabs were grouped into 3 sections and compared with the biofilm samples sampled by sonication of specimens from the same pipe. The results showed that the biofilm is unevenly distributed over the 16 parts and the 3 sections of the pipe surface. Both the active biomass and the number of observed OTUs increased as the measurements proceeded from the top to the bottom of the pipe. The bacterial community was dominated in all sections by Proteobacteria. At the genus level,
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