Individual-based modelling of biofilms

Microbiology

Volumn 147, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2897-2912

  Kreft, J U ^a   Picioreanu, C ^a   Wimpenny, J W T ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm structure; Chance; Complexity; Nitrification; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CELL; CELL DIVISION; CELL SHAPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CLONE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENT; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MODEL; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; PICIOREANU; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SPACE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035168203     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-147-11-2897     Document Type: Article

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