Relevance of microbial extracellular polymeric substances (EPSs) - Part I: Structural and ecological aspects

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1-8

  Flemming, H C ^a,b   Wingender, J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b Inst for Water Res and Technol   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilms; EPS; Extracellular polymeric substances; Microbial ecology

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENZYMES; LIPIDS; NUCLEIC ACIDS; PHOTONS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

CELLULAR DEBRIS;

MARINE BIOLOGY;

BIOCIDE; BIOPOLYMER; ENZYME; LIPID; NUCLEIC ACID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN; WATER;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CELL TRANSPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ECOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOCCULATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; MICROORGANISM; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHOTON; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; SLUDGE;

EID: 0035023483     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2001.0326     Document Type: Conference Paper

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