The importance of laboratory water quality for studying initial bacterial adhesion during NF filtration processes

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 2909-2920

  Semiao A J C ^a   Habimana, O ^a   Cao, H ^a   Heffernan, R ^a   Safari, A ^a   Casey, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion; Compaction; Nanofiltration; Water quality

Indexed keywords

BIOFOULING; CELL ADHESION; COMPACTION; DEIONIZED WATER; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; PERMEATION; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER FILTRATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELLS ADHESION; DEIONISED WATERS; FILTRATION PROCESS; INITIAL BACTERIAL ADHESION; MEMBRANE COMPACTION; MILLI-Q WATER; PERMEATE FLUX; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; TAP WATER;

WATER QUALITY;

DEIONIZED WATER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ADHESION; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; COMPACTION; FILTRATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MEMBRANE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OSMOSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFOULING; CELL ADHESION; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LABORATORY TEST; MEMBRANE FILTER; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUALITY CONTROL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STANDARDIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; WATER FLOW; WATER QUALITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84876134850     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.03.020     Document Type: Article

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