Microbial composition and structure of a multispecies biofilm from a trickle-bed reactor used for the removal of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons from a waste gas

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-21

  Hekmat, Dariusch ^a   Feuchtinger, Annette ^a   Stephan, Markus ^a   Vortmeyer, Dieter ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multispecies biofilm; Trickle bed bioreactor; Volatile aromatic hydrocarbons; Waste gas treatment

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELLS; FLUORESCENCE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY (CLSM); POLLUTANTS;

BIOFILMS;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TRICKLE BED REACTOR; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE GAS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR EQUIPMENT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CYTOLYSIS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAS WASTE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PSEUDOMONAS; SPECIES COMPOSITION; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTANT;

PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0347915801     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.927     Document Type: Article

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