How biofilm clusters affect substrate flux and ecological selection

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 99-105

  Rittmann, Bruce E ^a   Pettis, Matthew ^a   Reeves, Howard W ^a   Stahl, David A ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Channels; Clusters; Coexistence; Competition; Diffusion; Mass transport; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ECOLOGY; FLOW OF WATER; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CLUSTERS; COEXISTENCE; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIFFUSION; ECOLOGY; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033019523     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00156-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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