Where are we with biofilms now? Where are we going?

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 55, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 1-7

  Rittmann, B E ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Microbial ecology; Modelling; Nitrogen removal; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; WATER SUSTAINABILITY;

BIOFILMS;

AMMONIA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NANOMATERIAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

BIOFILMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICROBIOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TECHNICAL PRESENTATIONS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SUSTAINABILITY;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CERAMICS; CONDUCTOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MICROFLORA; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; SEMICONDUCTOR; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECOLOGY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34249705717     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2007.235     Document Type: Conference Paper

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