Van de Waarde said other bacterial filters also are under development.
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Phreatophyte plants help to purify these waters and their roots fix heavy metals with a bacterial filter.
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The Berkefeld is a cheap, portable and efficient bacterial filter in general, though it does not remove viruses like Hepatitis A and some bacteria such as mycoplasma.
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But scientists are hopeful bacterial filters will be able to last for months or even years, since they actually thrive by converting the pollution to harmless byproducts.
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Aquaria using conventional water purification methods ( e . g . bacterial filters ) generally have nutrient levels in parts per million, while algal scrubbers have maintained parts per billion concentrations [ much lower ], despite heavy biological loading in the Reef Tank.