Microelectrode measurements of local mass transport rates in heterogeneous biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 302-309

  Rasmussen, Kjetil ^a,b   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Effective diffusivity; Local mass transfer coefficient; Microelectrodes

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN; VELOCITY;

DIFFUSIVE BOUNDARY LAYER; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVITY; FLOW VELOCITY; LOCAL MASS TRANSFER COEFFICIENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLOW RATE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROELECTRODE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

BIOFILMS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; KINETICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROELECTRODES; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 0032486744     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980805)59:3<302::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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