Biofilms: Their structure, activity, and effect on membrane filtration

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 6-7, 2005, Pages 181-192

  Lewandowski, Z ^a,b   Beyenal, H ^a  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Biofouling; Filtration; Membrane separation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CLEANING; FOULING; PRESSURE DROP; SEPARATION;

BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE DESIGNS; MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE SEPERATION PROCESSES;

BIOFILMS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORINE; MONOCHLORAMINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

FOULING; MEMBRANE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER DESIGN; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; HYDRODYNAMICS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MEMBRANE FILTER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 21244457241     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0637     Document Type: Article

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