Biofilm formation characteristics of bacterial isolates retrieved from a reverse osmosis membrane

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 7541-7550

  Pang, Chee Meng ^a   Hong, Peiying ^a   Guo, Huiling ^a   Liu, Wen Tso ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Division of Environmental Science and Engineering   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; HIGH-QUALITY WATER; MEMBRANE SURFACE; SURFACE CHARGE;

ADHESION; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; FOULING; HYDROPHOBICITY; PROBABILITY; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

WATER QUALITY;

CELLULOSE ACETATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FRESH WATER; POLYAMIDE;

BIOFILM; MEMBRANE; PURIFICATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CELL SURFACE; DERMACOCCUS; FILM; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS; SPHINGOMONAS; SURFACE CHARGE; WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INSTRUMENTATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DERMACOCCUS; MICROBACTERIUM SP.; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS SP.; SPHINGOMONAS SP.;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MOVEMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 26044452341     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050170h     Document Type: Article

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