Evaluating trends in biofilm density using the UMCCA model

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 14-15, 2004, Pages 3362-3372

  Laspidou, Chrysi S ^a   Rittmann, Bruce E ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Clusters; Consolidation; Density; Detachment; EPS; Inert biomass; Modeling

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SLOUGHENING;

BIOFILMS;

POLYSACCHARIDE;

BIOFILM; BIOMASS; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENSITY; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; PARAMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOLUBILITY; STANDARD; THICKNESS; TIME; UNIFIED MULTIPLE COMPONENT CELLULAR AUTOMATON MODEL;

EID: 3343015930     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.04.051     Document Type: Article

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