Microbial communities in drinking water systems

This study contains five samples from different drinking water microbial communities. Each sample is an aggregate sample of several biological replicates. Three samples are bulk water samples (one cold-water and two warm-water communities) and two are biofilms samples.The goal of this study was to complement a 16S marker-gene based study. In this study we have investigated the differences in microbial community between hot and cold water systems and between two buildings receiving the same incoming water.