Effect of substrate concentration on dual-species biofilm population densities of Klebsiella oxytoca and Burkholderia cepacia in porous media

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 434-442

  Komlos, John ^a,c   Cunningham, Alfred B ^a   Camper, Anne K ^a   Sharp, Robert R ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Dual species; Growth rate; Klebsiella oxytoca; Porous media; Substrate concentration

Indexed keywords

CARBON; MICROORGANISMS; POROUS MATERIALS;

DUAL-SPECIES; GROWTH RATE; SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION;

BIOFILMS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BATCH REACTOR; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHEMOSTAT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CULTURE MEDIUM; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CARBON; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; OXYGEN; POROSITY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA;

EID: 32544461291     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20727     Document Type: Article

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