Predation influences the structure of biofilm developed on ultrafiltration membranes

Water Research

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3323-3333

  Derlon, Nicolas ^a   Peter Varbanets, Maryna ^a   Scheidegger, Andreas ^a   Pronk, Wouter ^a   Morgenroth, Eberhard ^a,b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofilm structure; Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM); Gravity driven membrane (GDM) filtration; Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT); Permeate flux; Predation; Ultrafiltration

Indexed keywords

MICROFILTRATION; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOFILM STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONFOCAL-LASER-SCANNING-MICROSCOPY; GRAVITY-DRIVEN MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PERMEATE FLUX; PREDATION; ULTRA-FILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BIOFILMS;

BIOFILM; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; INHIBITION; LOW PRESSURE; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PERMEABILITY; PREDATION; TOMOGRAPHY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EUKARYOTE; GRAVITY DRIVEN MEMBRANE FILTRATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PARAMETERS; PERMEABILITY; PERMEATE FLUX; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FLOW;

EUKARYOTA; PROTOZOA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

EID: 84861184203     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.03.031     Document Type: Article

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