Comparing the chlorine disinfection of detached biofilm clusters with those of sessile biofilms and planktonic cells in single- and dual-species cultures

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 7176-7184

  Behnke, Sabrina ^a   Parker, Albert E ^a   Woodall, Dawn ^b   Camper, Anne K ^a,c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Montana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM REACTORS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL CLUSTERS; CHLORINE DISINFECTION; CLINICAL SETTINGS; CLUSTER-SIZE DISTRIBUTION; COCULTURE; DISINFECTION EFFICACY; LABORATORY REACTORS; LARGE CLUSTERS; P.AERUGINOSA; PLANKTONIC CELLS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; SINGLE SPECIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION;

BIOCIDES; CELL CULTURE; CELLS; CHEMOSTATS; CHLORINE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DISINFECTION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BIOFILMS;

CHLORINE; DISINFECTANT AGENT;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL ORGANELLE; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISINFECTION; EFFLUENT; HOMOGENEITY; PESTICIDE; PLANKTON; PUBLIC HEALTH; SESSILE SPECIES; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHLORINE; DISINFECTANTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 82955206456     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.05514-11     Document Type: Article

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