Visualization of active biomass distribution in a BGAC fluidized bed reactor using GFP tagged Pseudomonas putida F1

Water Research

Volumn 40, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 2704-2712

  Herzberg, Moshe ^a   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^a   Kuhn, Jonathan ^a   Klein, Shiri ^a   Green, Michal ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofilm; GAC; GFP; P. putida F1

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PROTEINS;

BIOFILM STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBON (GAC); GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN (GFP); P. PUTIDA F1;

CHEMICAL REACTORS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ACTIVATED CARBON; BIOFILMS; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL REACTORS; DEGRADATION; FLUIDIZED BEDS; PROTEINS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; CARBON; EFFLUENT; PHENOL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS DISTRIBUTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; FLUIDIZED BED REACTOR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 33746069704     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2006.05.006     Document Type: Article

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