Experimental and theoretical examination of surface energy and adhesion of nitrifying and heterotrophic bacteria using self-assembled monolayers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1055-1060

  Khan, Mohiuddin Md Taimur ^a,b   Ista, Linnea K ^b   Lopez, Gabriel P ^b,c   Schuler, Andrew J ^a  

^a MSC01 1070   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTACHMENT RATE; AUTOTROPHIC AMMONIA-OXIDIZING BACTERIUM; CELL ATTACHMENTS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HETEROTROPHIC BACTERIAS; HETEROTROPHS; INTEGRATED FIXED-FILM ACTIVATED SLUDGE; LEWIS ACID-BASE; LONG-TERM GOALS; MOVING BED; NITRITE-OXIDIZING BACTERIA; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SAMS; STRATEGIC DESIGN; SURFACE ENERGIES; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; TERMINAL GROUPS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; TRIMETHYLAMINE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM; WATER CONTACT ANGLE;

AMMONIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; CONTACT ANGLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NITRIFICATION; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ADHESION; AMMONIA; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOREACTOR; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INTEGRATED APPROACH; NITRIFICATION; NITRITE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURFACE ENERGY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; WETTABILITY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA; NONHUMAN; SURFACE PROPERTY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WETTABILITY;

AMMONIA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOREACTORS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HETEROTROPHIC PROCESSES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITRIFICATION; NITROSOMONADACEAE; SEWAGE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WETTABILITY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NITROSOMONADALES; NITROSOMONAS EUROPAEA; NITROSOSPIRA MULTIFORMIS;

EID: 79851493649     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101389u     Document Type: Article

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