Effects of substrate loading rate on biofilm structure

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2479-2488

  Wijeyekoon, Suren ^a   Mino, Takashi ^b   Satoh, Hiroyasu ^b   Matsuo, Tomonori ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia oxidizers; Area density; Biofilm structure; Spatial competition; Specific activity; Substrate loading

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; FILM GROWTH; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION;

BIOFILM GROWTH; LOADING RATES; NITRIFIERS; TUBULAR REACTORS;

WATER TREATMENT;

AMMONIA; OXIDIZING AGENT;

BIOFILM;

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; DENSITY; GROWTH RATE; MICROSCOPY; NITRIFICATION; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 2542493136     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.03.005     Document Type: Article

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