Micro-environments and mass transfer phenomena in biofilms studied with microsensors

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 173-178

  De Beer, Dirk ^a   Schramm, Andreas ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Confocal microscopy; Convection; Diffusion; Flow sensor; Fluorescence in situ hybridisation; Micro environment; Microsensor; Nitrification; Structure

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSFER; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MICROSENSORS; NITRIFICATION;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLOW SENSOR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDISATION;

BIOFILMS;

RNA 16S;

BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENT; FLOW; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIQUID; MEASUREMENT; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROORGANISM; NITRIFICATION; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; SENSOR;

NEGIBACTERIA; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NITROSOSPIRA; NITROSPIRA;

EID: 0032980879     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00165-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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