Biofilm removal caused by chemical treatments

Water Research

Volumn 34, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 4229-4233

  Chen, Xiao ^b   Stewart, Philip S ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SuperSolutions   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; Killing; Removal

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; FOULING; PH EFFECTS; PROTEINS; REMOVAL;

BIOFOULING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CHELATING AGENT; CHEMICAL AGENT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; ETIDRONIC ACID; HYPOCHLORITE; LYSOZYME; MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE; MONOCHLORAMINE; POLYSORBATE 20; PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUCROSE; SURFACTANT; TRITON X 100; UREA;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034579008     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00187-1     Document Type: Article

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