Steady-state solution of a two-species biofilm problem

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 675-686

  Wik, Torsten ^a   Breitholtz, Claes ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biofilm; heterotrophs; model; nitrobacter; nitrosomonas; steady state

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRA; ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BACTERIA; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

HETEROTROPHS; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; NITRITE; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROBACTER; NITROSOMONAS; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 15844384183     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19960620)50:6<675::AID-BIT8>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Article

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