Experimental and modeling approach to study sorption of dissolved hydrophobic organic contaminants to microbial biofilms

Water Research

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2202-2210

  Wicke, Daniel ^a   Böckelmann, Uta ^a   Reemtsma, Thorsten ^a  

^a TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacteria; Biofilm; Diffusion; Fluoranthene; PAH; Phenanthrene; Pyrene; Sorption

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION;

FLUORANTHENE; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENES;

WASTE TREATMENT;

FLUORANTHENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHENANTHRENE; PYRENE; SORBENT;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; DIFFUSION; REACTION KINETICS; SORPTION; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; BIOREMEDIATION; DIFFUSION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MODELING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 34247170939     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2007.01.039     Document Type: Article

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