Modelling production of extracellular polymeric substances in a Pseudomonas aeruginosa chemostat culture

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 129-134

  Kommedal, R ^a   Bakke, R ^a   Dockery, J ^b   Stoodley, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemostat; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substrates; Modelling; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHEMOSTATS; POLYMERS; SUBSTRATES;

YIELD COEFFICIENTS;

WATER BACTERIOLOGY;

BIOPOLYMER; GLUCOSE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CALIBRATION; CHEMOSTAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STOICHIOMETRY;

EID: 0035002909     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0357     Document Type: Conference Paper

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