Simulation of multispecies biofilm development in three dimensions

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 123-130

  Noguera, Daniel R ^a   Pizarro, Gonzalo ^a   Stahl, David A ^b   Rittmann, Bruce E ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

3D modeling; Anaerobic biofilms; Biofilm; Methanogenesis; Sulfate reducing bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; COMPOSITION; HYDROGEN; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ANAEROBIC BIOFILMS; METHANOGENESIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA;

BIOFILMS;

HYDROGEN;

ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; BIOENGINEERING; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PAPER; DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; HYDROLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOGENESIS; MICROBIAL GROWTH; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO VULGARIS; METHANOBACTERIUM; METHANOBACTERIUM FORMICICUM;

EID: 0033055006     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1223(99)00159-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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