Uptake and release of inert fluorescence particles by mixed population biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 459-469

  Okabe, Satoshi ^a   Yasuda, Takeo ^b   Watanabe, Yoshimasa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Nihon Jyougesuido Consult Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

biofilms; confocal scanning laser microscope (CSLM); fluorescent microbeads; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROORGANISMS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPE; FLUORESCENT MICROBEADS;

BIOFILMS;

TRACER;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; FLUORESCENCE; MODEL; PARTICULATE MATTER;

EID: 0031553825     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970305)53:5<459::AID-BIT3>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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