Transparent exopolymer particles (TEP): A critical factor in aquatic biofilm initiation and fouling on filtration membranes

Desalination

Volumn 276, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 184-190

  Berman, Tom ^a   Mizrahi, Roi ^a,b   Dosoretz, Carlos G ^b  

^a The Yigal Allon Kinneret Limnological Laboratory   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Biofouling; EPS; Membrane clogging; TEP

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM FORMATION; CONFOCAL SCANNING LASER MICROSCOPY; CRITICAL FACTORS; CROSSFLOW MEMBRANES; EPS; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; FEEDWATER; FILTRATION MEMBRANES; LAKE WATERS; MICRO-GELS; NATURAL WATERS; SOURCE WATERS; TEP; TRANSPARENT EXOPOLYMER PARTICLES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILMS; EXPERIMENTS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; WATER QUALITY;

THERMOELECTRIC POWER;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; EXOPOLYMER; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79959506166     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2011.03.046     Document Type: Article

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