Quantifying the tensile strength of microbial mats grown over noncohesive sediments

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1155-1164

  Vignaga, E ^a   Haynes, H ^a   Sloan, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm cohesion strength; Biostabilization; Elastic modulus; Flume; Noncohesive sediment; Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

BED MATERIALS; BIOSTABILIZATION; COHESION STRENGTH; COHESIVE STRENGTH; CONTROLLED EROSION; EX SITU; FLUID MOTIONS; FLUID SHEAR STRESS; FLUME; GLASS BEAD; IN-SITU; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANISTIC MODELS; MICROBIAL MATS; MIXED CULTURES; NATURAL SAND; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RETURN ACTIVATED SLUDGE; SEDIMENT GRAINS; SEDIMENT SAMPLES; TENSILE TESTS; YOUNG'S MODULUS;

ADHESION; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIOFILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTICITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHEAR FLOW; TENSILE STRENGTH; TENSILE TESTING;

STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CYANOBACTERIUM; EROSION; FLUID FLOW; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIAL MAT; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SHEAR STRESS; TENSILE STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; DIATOMS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA;

EID: 84858443204     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24401     Document Type: Article

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