The engineering potential of natural benthic bacterial assemblages in terms of the erosion resistance of sediments

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 282-294

  Gerbersdorf, Sabine Ulrike ^a   Manz, Werner ^b   Paterson, David M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF HYDROLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial engineering; Extracellular polymeric substances; Sediment erosion; Sediment stability

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; BENTHOS; BIOENGINEERING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EROSION CONTROL; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLYMER; PROTEIN; SECRETION; SEDIMENT; STABILIZATION; SUBSTRATE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BENTHOS; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOMASS; CARBOHYDRATES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; GLASS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 53949110022     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2008.00586.x     Document Type: Article

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