The influence of hydrogen bubble formation on the removal of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms from platinum electrode surfaces

Process Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1815-1821

  Gião, Maria Salomé ^a   Montenegro, Maria Irene ^a   Vieira, Maria João ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Cyclic voltammetry; Detachment; Hydrogen bubbles; Pseudomonas fluorescens

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; ELECTRODES; HYDROGEN; PLATINUM; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BUBBLE GENERATION; HYDROGEN BUBBLE FORMATION; PLATINUM ELECTRODE SURFACES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 13844254324     PISSN: 13595113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2004.06.068     Document Type: Article

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