Main photoautotrophic components of biofilms in natural draft cooling towers

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985939:_____/16:00459999

Result on the web

<a href="http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12223-015-0429-4" target="_blank" >http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12223-015-0429-4</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12223-015-0429-4" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12223-015-0429-4</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Main photoautotrophic components of biofilms in natural draft cooling towers

Original language description

While photoautotrophic organisms are an important component of biofilms that live in certain regions of natural draft cooling towers, little is known about these communities. We therefore examined 18 towers at nine sites to identify the general patterns of community assembly in three distinct tower parts, and we examined how community structures differ depending on geography. We also compared the newly acquired data with previously published data. The bottom sections of draft cooling towers are mainly settled by large filamentous algae, primarily Cladophora glomerata. The central portions of towers host a small amount of planktic algae biomass originating in the cooling water. The upper fourths of towers are colonized by biofilms primarily dominated by cyanobacteria, e.g., members of the genera Gloeocapsa and Scytonema. A total of 41 taxa of phototrophic microorganisms were identified. Species composition of the upper fourth of all towers was significantly affected by cardinal position. There was different species composition at positions facing north compared to positions facing south. West- and east-facing positions were transitory and highly similar to each other in terms of species composition. Biofilms contribute to the degradation of paint coatings inside towers.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EE - Microbiology, virology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Folia Microbiologica

ISSN

0015-5632

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

61

Issue of the periodical within the volume

3

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

6

Pages from-to

255-260

UT code for WoS article

000373854900010

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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