A review of experimental measurements of effective diffusive permeabilities and effective diffusion coefficients in biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 261-272

  Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Cell density; Diffusion coefficient; Effective diffusive permeability; Review

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CELLS; DIFFUSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION;

EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSIVE PERMEABILITY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; MICROBIAL CELL; SOLUTE;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DIFFUSION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 0032486793     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19980805)59:3<261::AID-BIT1>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Review

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