The response of a bacterial biofilm community in a simulated industrial cooling water system to treatment with an anionic dispersant

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 225-235

  MacDonald, R ^a   Santa, M ^b   Brozel V S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b ESKOM   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING; COOLING WATER; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; LOW CARBON STEEL; POLYAMIDES; SURFACE TREATMENT; WATER COOLING SYSTEMS; WATERWORKS;

ANIONIC DISPERSANTS; BACTERIAL BIOFILM; CONTINUOUS OPERATION; COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; DISPERSANTS; INDUSTRIAL COOLING WATER SYSTEMS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PHOSPHATE-BUFFERED SALINES; RECIRCULATING COOLING WATER; SERIAL DILUTIONS;

BIOFILMS;

DISPERSANT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; COOLING; INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; SIMULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033850617     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2000.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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