Sol-gel applications in environmental biotechnology

Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 279-285

  Armon, R ^a   Dosoretz, C ^b   Starosvetsky, J ^a   Orshansky, F ^a   Saadi, I ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

doping; epifluorescent microscopy; film; most probable number method; sol gel; sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CALCULATIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; THIN FILMS;

EPIFLUORESCENT MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOST PROBABLE NUMBER METHOD; SOL GEL FILMS; SOL GEL PROCESS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA; THIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS;

SOL-GELS;

FLUORESCEIN; SULFATE;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GEL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM; THIOBACILLUS;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; ADSORPTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION STUDIES; GELS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS THIOOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; THIOBACILLUS;

EID: 0030588547     PISSN: 01681656     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1656(96)01607-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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