Biofilm streamers cause catastrophic disruption of flow with consequences for environmental and medical systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 4345-4350

  Drescher, Knut ^a,b   Shen, Yi ^b   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,c   Stone, Howard A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclogging; Biofouling; Porous media

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; ENVIRONMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FILTER; FILTRATION; GENE CONTROL; MICROFLUIDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BIOFILMS; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; POROSITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84875046486     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1300321110     Document Type: Article

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