The role of hydrodynamic stress on the phenotypic characteristics of single and binary biofilms of Pseudomonas fluorescens

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 437-445

  Simoes M ^a   Pereira, M O ^a   Vieira, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Binary biofilms; Biofilm structure and activity; Hydrodynamic conditions; Phenotypic characterisation; Strain variation; Turbulent and laminar flows

Indexed keywords

BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BINARY BIOFILMS; BIOFILM STRUCTURE; PHENOTYPIC CHARACTERISATION; STRAIN VARIATION;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIA; BIOACTIVITY; BIOFILMS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; MORPHOLOGY; POLYSACCHARIDES; TURBULENT FLOW;

BIOFILM; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAMINAR FLOW; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; LAMINAR FLOW; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TURBULENT FLOW;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOPOLYMERS; BIOREACTORS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; WATER MOVEMENTS;

PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS;

EID: 34249656195     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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