Environmental Bacteria Involved in Manganese(II) Oxidation and Removal From Groundwater.

ABSTRACT: The presence of iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn) in groundwater is an important concern in populations that use it as source of drinking water. The ingestion of high concentrations of these metals may affect human health. In addition, these metals cause aesthetic and organoleptic problems that affect water quality and also induce corrosion in distribution networks, generating operational and system maintenance problems. Biological sand filter systems are widely used to remove Fe and Mn from groundwater since they are a cost-effective technology and minimize the use of chemical oxidants. In this work, the bacterial communities of two biological water treatment plants from Argentina, exposed to long term presence of Mn(II) and with a high Mn(II) removal efficiency, were characterized using 16S r

SUBMITTER: Piazza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6396730 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature