Influence of adhesion to activated carbon particles on the viability of waterborne pathogenic bacteria under flow

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 810-813

  Van Der Mei, Henny C ^a   Atema Smit, Jelly ^a   Jager, Debbie ^a   Langworthy, Don E ^b   Collias, Dimitris I ^b   Mitchell, Michael D ^b   Busscher, Henk J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^c SASA BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

E. coli; Mass transport; R. terrigena; Viability; Water filtration

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL REMOVAL; BIO FILMS; BOTTOM PLATES; CARBON PARTICLES; CARBON SURFACES; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPE (CLSM); DIRECT OBSERVATION; FILTRATION PLANTS; INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); LIVE/DEAD STAINING; PARALLEL PLATE FLOW CHAMBERS; PATHOGENIC BACTERIA; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SAFE WATER; UNDER FLOW;

ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADHESION; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CARBON; CHARCOAL; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); FILTRATION; HYDROGEN SULFIDE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); IRON REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; PAINTING; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POROUS MATERIALS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RADIOISOTOPE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREAS; WATER FILTRATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACTIVATED CARBON;

ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; COCONUT; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FILTER; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

ADHESIVENESS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CARBON; COCOS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ELECTROSTATICS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER PURIFICATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RAOULTELLA TERRIGENA;

EID: 46249107991     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21820     Document Type: Article

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