Microbial biofilms: a concept for industrial catalysis?

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 636-643

  Rosche, Bettina ^a   Li, Xuan Zhong ^a   Hauer, Bernhard ^b   Schmid, Andreas ^c,d   Buehler, Katja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIO-ENERGY; BIOFILM REACTORS; BULK CHEMICALS; CONTINUOUS PROCESSING; FOOD INDUSTRIES; HIGH RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL BIOFILM; NEW OPPORTUNITIES; RAPID EXPANSION; SELF-IMMOBILIZATION; SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION; SYNTHETIC CHEMISTRY;

BIOFILMS; BIOLOGY; BIOREACTORS; CATALYSIS; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILTERS;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOENERGY; BIOFILM; BIOFILM REACTOR; BIOPROCESS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CATALYSIS; FOOD INDUSTRY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; IMMOBILIZED CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION CONTROL; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOCATALYSIS; BIOFILMS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 70349845435     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2009.08.001     Document Type: Review

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