Phosphate release and heavy metal accumulation by biofilm-immobilized and chemically-coupled cells of a Citrobacter sp. Pre-grown in continuous culture

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-97

  Finlay, John A ^a   Allan, Victoria J M ^a   Conner, Alex ^a   Callow, Maureen E ^a   Basnakova, Gabriela ^a   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Bioreactor; Citrobacter; Immobilized cells; Metal accumulation; Phosphatase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL SEWAGE TREATMENT; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); CONTINUOUS CELL CULTURE; ENZYMES; FERMENTERS; HEAVY METALS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHATES;

AIR-LIFT FERMENTERS; PHOSPHATASE;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

GLYCEROL 2 PHOSPHATE; HEAVY METAL; HEXOSE PHOSPHATE; NICKEL; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW RATE; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELLS, IMMOBILIZED; CITROBACTER; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FERMENTATION; METALS, HEAVY; PHOSPHATES; PLANKTON; SUGAR PHOSPHATES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CITROBACTER; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033526073     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19990405)63:1<87::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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