Toluene diffusion and reaction in unsaturated Pseudomonas putida biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 656-670

  Holden, Patricia A ^a,c   Hunt, James R ^b   Firestone, Mary K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Matric water potential; Substrate utilization kinetics; Toluene; Unsaturated biofilm

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REACTION KINETICS; TOLUENE;

MATRIX WATER POTENTIAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFILMS;

GLUCOSE; TOLUENE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPLETION; DIFFUSION; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0342871692     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19971220)56:6<656::AID-BIT9>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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