Biofilm modeling: Present status and future directions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 273-278

  Noguera, Daniel R ^a   Okabe, Satoshi ^b   Picioreanu, Cristian ^c  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

3D heterogeneity; Biofilm; Detachment; Education; EPS; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; MODELING;

BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EDUCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

BIOFILM MODELS; BIOFILM PROCESSES; EXOPOLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL HETEROGENEITY;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0032590407     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00178-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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