Numerical simulation of dual-species biofilms in porous media

Applied Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 377-389

  Chen Charpentier, Benito M ^a   Kojouharov, Hristo V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Bioremediation; Nonstandard methods

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOREMEDIATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; IMPURITIES; POROUS MATERIALS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DUAL-SPECIES BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS;

EID: 0242303051     PISSN: 01689274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-9274(03)00081-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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