Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of heavy-metal transport and fate in an artificial biofilm

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 483-486

  Phoenix, Vernon R ^a   Holmes, W M ^a   Ramanan, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ATOMS; BIOFILMS; CELL MEMBRANES; COPPER; HEAVY METALS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYSACCHARIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION RATES; RESONANCE;

ARTIFICIAL BIOFILMS; BIOFILM MATRIXES; CALIBRATION PROTOCOLS; CELL SURFACES; COPPER CONCENTRATIONS; COPPER DIFFUSIONS; COPPER TRANSPORTS; IMMOBILIZATION RATES; MASS TRANSPORTS; METAL TRANSPORTS; RELAXATION RATES;

BIOFILTERS;

AGAR; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; HEAVY METAL; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAGNETIC METHOD; MASS TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RESONANCE;

EID: 57249108591     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.1.483     Document Type: Conference Paper

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