Growth and decay in an auto-/heterotrophic biofilm

Water Research

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2243-2252

  Horn, Harald ^a   Hempel, Dietmar C ^b  

^a FH Magdeburg   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Auto heterotrophic biofilm; Death; Endogenous respiration; Glucose microelectrode; Growth; Lysis; Maintenance; Modelling; Oxygen microelectrode

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BOUNDARY LAYERS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; GLUCOSE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN;

ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION; LYSIS;

BIOFILMS;

AUTOTROPHIC BACTERIA; BIOFILM; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPETITION; DIFFUSION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROELECTRODE; MICROORGANISM; MODEL; OXYGEN CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031239003     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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