Application of paramagnetically tagged molecules for magnetic resonance imaging of biofilm mass transport processes

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4027-4036

  Ramanan, B ^a   Holmes, W M ^a   Sloan, W T ^a   Phoenix, V R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION PROTOCOLS; CONCENTRATION MAPS; DIETHYLENETRIAMINE PENTA-ACETIC ACIDS; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; DIFFUSION MODEL; GD-DTPA; MASS-TRANSPORT PROCESS; PARAMAGNETIC MOLECULES; PHOTOTROPHIC BIOFILM; POROUS MEDIA; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; TEST SYSTEMS; TIME INTERVAL;

ALGAE; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; DIFFUSION; GADOLINIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MOLECULES; PARAMAGNETIC MATERIALS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POROUS MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; AGAR; BIOFILM; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; MASS TRANSPORT; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ORGANIC ACID; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOAUTOTROPHY; POROUS MEDIUM; TRACER; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MAGNETISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; STAINING; BACTERIA; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETICS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 77953629881     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03016-09     Document Type: Article

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