Combined chemical-biological treatment for prevention/rehabilitation of clogged wells by an iron-oxidizing bacterium

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 3123-3129

  Gino, Efrat ^a   Starosvetsky, Jeanna ^a   Kurzbaum, Eyal ^a   Armon, Robert ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM MATRIX; BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT; CLEAN SURFACES; COMBINED TREATMENT; DEEP WELLS; ECONOMIC BURDEN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDES; FERROUS IRON; GLYCOLIC ACIDS; GROUNDWATER WELLS; IRON OXIDATION; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIA; LABORATORY SCALE; MULTIPLICITY OF INFECTIONS; PLANKTONIC BACTERIA; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS; WEDGE-WIRE SCREENS;

ACIDS; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; GROUNDWATER; IRON; STAINLESS STEEL; WELLS; WIRE;

BACTERIA;

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOLIC ACID; GROUND WATER; STAINLESS STEEL;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; INHIBITION; IO; OXIDATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; STEEL; WASTE TREATMENT; WELL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; IRON OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SAND; SPHAEROTILUS; SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; IRON; OXIDATION-REDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPHAEROTILUS NATANS;

EID: 77950927769     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903703v     Document Type: Article

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