Quorum sensing: A new biofouling control paradigm in a membrane bioreactor for advanced wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 380-385

  Yeon, Kyung Min ^a   Cheong, Won Seok ^a   Oh, Hyun Suk ^a   Lee, Woo Nyoung ^a   Hwang, Byung Kook ^a   Lee, Chung Hak ^a   Beyenal, Haluk ^b   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLASE I; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; AMIDE BONDS; AUTOINDUCERS; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; BIOFOULING CONTROLS; GROUP BEHAVIORS; HOMOSERINE LACTONES; MBR OPERATIONS; MEMBRANE BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; N-ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; POPULATION DENSITIES; PORCINE KIDNEYS; QUORUM-SENSING; SMALL SIGNALS; THIN LAYERS; THREE PHASIS; TRANS-MEMBRANE PRESSURES;

AMIDES; AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOASSAY; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; MEMBRANES; QUENCHING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

AMIDE; AMINOACYLASE; HOMOSERINE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N OCTANOL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANTIFOULING; BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEMBRANE; POPULATION DENSITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOREMEDIATION; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLOCCULATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FILTRATION; FLOCCULATION; GLUCOSE; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES; QUORUM SENSING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 62749134485     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8019275     Document Type: Article

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