Activity, structure, and stratification of membrane-attached methanotrophic biofilms cometabolically degrading trichloroethylene

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 153-161

  Clapp, Lee W ^a   Regan, John M ^a   Ali, Firdaus ^a   Newman, Jack D ^b   Park, Jae K ^a   Noguera, Daniel R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm, cometabolism; In situ hybridization; Membrane; Methanotroph; Methylosinus trichosporium OB3b; Microcolony; Silicone; Stratification; Structure; Trichloroethylene

Indexed keywords

COMETABOLISM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METHANOTROPH; METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; MICROCOLONY; STRATIFICATION; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TOXICITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BIOFILMS;

CHLORIDE; METHANE; OXYGEN; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER;

BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MEMBRANE FILTER; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHYLOSINUS TRICHOSPORIUM; TRICHOSPORIUM;

EID: 0032980732     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00163-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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