Microfiltration is a filtration process which removes contaminants from a fluid or gas by passage through a microporous membrane. A typical microfiltration membrane pore size range is 0.1-10µm. The article is about the separation process. ... A subset of the phases of matter, fluids include liquids, gases, plasmas and, to some extent, plastic solids. ... A gas is one of the phases of matter. ... It has been suggested that Net flux be merged into this article or section. ... A pore, in general, is some form of opening, usually very small. ...

Increasingly used in drinking water treatment, it effectively removes major pathogens and contaminants such as Giardia lamblia cysts, Cryptosporidium oocysts, and large bacteria. Binomial name Giardia lamblia (Kunstler, 1882) Giardia lamblia (formerly also Lamblia intestinalis and also known as Giardia duodenalis) is a flagellated protozoan parasite that infects the gastrointestinal tract of humans. ... Species Cryptosporidium parvum etc. ... Phyla/Divisions Actinobacteria Aquificae Bacteroidetes/Chlorobi Chlamydiae/Verrucomicrobia Chloroflexi Chrysiogenetes Cyanobacteria Deferribacteres Deinococcus-Thermus Dictyoglomi Fibrobacteres/Acidobacteria Firmicutes Fusobacteria Gemmatimonadetes Nitrospirae Planctomycetes Proteobacteria Spirochaetes Thermodesulfobacteria Thermomicrobia Thermotogae MONERA KINGDOM Bacteria Division (Phylum) Bacteria (singular, bacterium) are a major group of living organisms. ...