Development of an artificial biofilm to study the effects of a single microcolony on mass transport

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 26, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 161-169

  Abrahamson, Michael ^a   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a   Geesey, Gill ^a   Skjåk Bræk, Gudmund ^b   Strand, Wenche ^b   Christensen, Bjørn E ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Artificial biofilm; Heterogeneity; Microelectrodes; Respiration kinetics

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030201054     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7012(96)00908-6     Document Type: Article

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