Microbial response to environmental gradients in a ceramic-based diffusion system

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 141-149

  Wolfaardt, G M ^a   Hendry, M J ^b   Birkham, T ^b   Bressel, A ^c   Gardner, M N ^a   Sousa, A J ^a   Korber, D R ^c   Pilaski, M ^c  

^a RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial testing; Biofilm; Enrichment of degradative communities; Environmental gradients

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUTRIENTS;

ANTIMICROBIAL TESTING; ENRICHMENT OF DEGRADATIVE COMMUNITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENTS; FINITE-ELEMENT NUMERICAL TRANSPORT MODELS;

MICROBIOLOGY;

AGAR; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; TRACER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CERAMICS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFICACY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLUOROMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PSEUDOMONAS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL PROLIFERATION; CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 42549133509     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21736     Document Type: Article

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