Quorum sensing in water and wastewater treatment biofilms

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 34, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages 437-444

  Feng, Lin ^a   Wu, Zhuoying ^b   Yu, Xin ^b  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; Drinking water; Granular sludge; Membrane system; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; COLONIZATION; DRINKING WATER; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84880213865     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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