Effects of bacterial cell surface structures and hydrophobicity on attachment to activated sludge flocs

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1168-1170

  Zita, Anna ^a   Hermansson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0031035092     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.3.1168-1170.1997     Document Type: Article

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