Characterization of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) from periphyton using liquid chromatography-organic carbon detection-organic nitrogen detection (LC-OCD-OND)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3214-3223

  Stewart, Theodora J ^a,b   Traber, Jacqueline ^a   Kroll, Alexandra ^a   Behra, Renata ^a   Sigg, Laura ^a,b  

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

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Characterization; EPS; LC OCD OND; Periphyton; Polysaccharide; Protein

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOFILM; DETECTION METHOD; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FRACTIONATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC NITROGEN; PERIPHYTON; POLYMER; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN;

EID: 84876701256     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1228-y     Document Type: Article

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