Adhesion and biofilm development on suspended carriers in airlift reactors: Hydrodynamic conditions versus surface characteristics

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 880-889

  Gjaltema, A ^a   Van Der Marel, N ^a   Van Loosdrecht, M C M ^a   Heijnen, J J ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Airlift reactor; Biofilm; Detachment; Pseudomonas putida; Surface characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOREACTORS; FILM GROWTH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AIRLIFT REACTORS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BIOFILMS;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0343329816     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970920)55:6<880::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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