Do biological-based strategies hold promise to biofouling control in MBRs?

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 5447-5463

  Malaeb, Lilian ^a   Le Clech, Pierre ^b   Vrouwenvelder, Johannes S ^a,c,d   Ayoub, George M ^e   Saikaly, Pascal E ^a  

^a KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^d EUROPEAN CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^e AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Anti biofouling; Biofilm; Biological based; Holistic control; Management; Membrane bioreactors

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; MICROORGANISMS;

ANTIBIOFOULING; ANTIFOULING STRATEGIES; BIOFOULING CONTROL; BIOLOGICAL-BASED; CONTROL APPROACH; CONTROL STRATEGIES; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCE (EPSS); HOLISTIC CONTROL; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; RESEARCH STUDIES;

BIOREACTORS;

ANTIFOULING; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIOLOGY; STANDARDIZATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; CONTROL STRATEGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE REACTOR; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHODOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

2,4-DINITROPHENOL; 2D-PAGE; 3,3′,4′,5-TETRACHLOROSALICYLANILIDE; ACYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AFM; AHL; AIP; AMPLIFIED RIBOSOMAL DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID RESTRICTION ANALYSIS; ANTI-BIOFOULING; ARDRA; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATP; AUTOINDUCER PEPTIDE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL-BASED; CARBONYL CYANIDE CHLOROPHENYLHYDRAZONE; CCCP; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLSM; COD; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CS; DENATURING GRADIENT GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; DGGE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DNP; DOC; ED; EEM; ENERGY UNCOUPLING; ENHANCED BIOLOGICAL PHOSPHOROUS REMOVAL; ENZYMATIC DISRUPTION; EPBR; EPS; EU; EXCITATION EMISSION MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERS; F/M; FISH; FLUORESCENT IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; FOOD TO MICROORGANISMS RATIO; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR; HOLISTIC CONTROL; MALDI-TOF; MANAGEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION -TIME OF FLIGHT; MBR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MEMBRANE BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANE PERFORMANCE; MF; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFILTRATION; MIXED LIQUOR SUSPENDED SOLIDS; MLSS; MS; NANOFILTRATION; NATURAL SMALL MOLECULES; NF; NITRIC OXIDE; NMR; NO; NSM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAOS; PFU; PLAQUE FORMING UNITS; POLYPHOSPHATE ACCUMULATING ORGANISMS; QQ; QS; QUORUM QUENCHING; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE OSMOSIS; RO; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION X-RAY MICROSCOPY; SECONDARY-ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEM; SIMS; SLUDGE RETENTION TIME; SMP; SOLUBLE MICROBIAL PRODUCTS; SRT; STXM; T-RFLP; TEM; TERMINAL RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TOC; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWO-DIMENSIONAL POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UF; ULTRAFILTRATION;

BIOFOULING; BIOREACTORS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84884416322     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2013.06.033     Document Type: Review

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