Biofilms formed on humic substances: Response to flow conditions and carbon concentrations

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 6888-6894

  Rodrigues, A L ^a   Pereira, M A ^a   Janknecht, P ^b   Brito, A G ^a   Nogueira, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

^b Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG Wasserwirtschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Community composition; DGGE; Flow velocity; Humic substances

Indexed keywords

FLOW VELOCITY; ORGANIC CARBON; VELOCITY;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CARBON AVAILABILITY; CARBON CONCENTRATIONS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DGGE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MICROBIAL COMPOSITION; VOLATILE SUSPENDED SOLIDS;

BIOFILMS;

ORGANIC CARBON; CARBON;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOW VELOCITY; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ORGANIC CARBON; SUSPENDED LOAD;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; COMAMONAS; CUPRIAVIDUS; FLOW RATE; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RALSTONIA; SPHINGOMONAS; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; FLOW KINETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COMAMONAS; CUPRIAVIDUS; DOKDONELLA; NITROSOSPIRA; RALSTONIA; SPHINGOMONAS;

BIOFILMS; CARBON; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; RHEOLOGY; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

EID: 77957320725     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.03.121     Document Type: Article

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