Architecture of a Nascent Sphingomonas sp. biofilm under varied hydrodynamic conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 2677-2686

  Venugopalan, V P ^a,e   Kuehn, M ^a   Hausner, M ^a,f   Springael, D ^b,c   Wilderer, P A ^a   Wuertz, S ^d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e Water and Steam Chemistry Laboratory   (India)

^f Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DIGITAL IMAGE FRACTIONS; SPINGOMONAS BIOFILMS; VOID FRACTIONS;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLUID FLOW; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; SPHINGOMONAS;

SPHINGOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

EID: 18444407468     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.71.5.2677-2686.2005     Document Type: Article

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