Transport limitation of chlorine disinfection of Pseudomonas aeruginosa entrapped in alginate beads

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Xu, Xiaoming ^a   Stewart, Philip S ^a   Chen, Xiao ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

biofilm; chlorine; disinfection; gel bead; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; reaction diffusion; transport

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCIDES; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DIFFUSION; DISINFECTION; MICROELECTRODES; MICROORGANISMS; WATER TREATMENT;

AGAROSE BEADS; ALGINATE BEADS; ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS; GEL BEADS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPORT LIMITATION;

CHLORINE;

ALGINIC ACID; CHLORINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; DIFFUSION; DRUG PENETRATION; DRUG TRANSPORT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; MOLECULAR SIZE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0030569729     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960105)49:1<93::AID-BIT12>3.3.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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