Agree. Treatment of fresh water for use in industrial processes needs to be done with care. For example, paper processes with UV light treatment of the incoming freshwater allows the problematic filamentous bacteria to survive where they can quickly grow. Many of these have sheaths that protect the bacterial cells. Unlike oxidants, UV has no persistence. Once the surviving bacteria reach the nutrient-rich process they attach and form biofilms. www.imicrobial.com Linda Robertson
Published by Linda Robertson, International Microbial Assocates Inc - Principal Microbiologist
Agree. Treatment of fresh water for use in industrial processes needs to be done with care. For example, paper processes with UV light treatment of the incoming freshwater allows the problematic filamentous bacteria to survive where they can quickly grow. Many of these have sheaths that protect the bacterial cells. Unlike oxidants, UV has no persistence. Once the surviving bacteria reach the nutrient-rich process they attach and form biofilms. www.imicrobial.com Linda Robertson