Anisotropic nutrient transport in three-dimensional single species bacterial biofilms

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1280-1292

  Van Wey, A S ^a,b   Cookson, A L ^b,c   Soboleva, T K ^d   Roy, N C ^b,c   McNabb, W C ^b,c   Bridier, A ^e   Briandet, R ^e   Shorten, P R ^a,b  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AGRESEARCH GRASSLANDS   (New Zealand)

^d Ministry for Primary Industries   (New Zealand)

^e UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Fermentation; Metabolism; Model; Monod kinetics

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; DEPTH DEPENDENCE; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; HETEROGENEOUS DISTRIBUTIONS; LOW POROSITY; MONOD KINETIC; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; REACTION-DIFFUSION MODELS; SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS; SINGLE SPECIES; STERIC HINDRANCES; TRANSPORT OF PARTICLES;

ANISOTROPY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION; FERMENTATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLISM; MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUTRIENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

BIOFILMS;

WATER;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; NUTRIENT TRANSPORT; POROSITY;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; DIFFUSION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84858445763     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24390     Document Type: Article

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