Drinking water biofilm cohesiveness changes under chlorination or hydrodynamic stress

Water Research

Volumn 55, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-184

  Mathieu, L ^a   Bertrand, I ^b   Abe, Y ^b   Angel, E ^a   Block, J C ^b   Skali Lami, S ^b   Francius, G ^b  

^a Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

AFM; Chlorination; Cohesiveness; Drinking water biofilm; Entanglement rate; Hydrodynamic shear rate

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHLORINATION; CLEANING; EROSION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; POTABLE WATER; REDUCTION; SHEAR STRESS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION);

CLEANING PROCEDURES; COHESIVENESS; DRINKING WATER BIOFILMS; HYDRODYNAMIC DISTURBANCES; HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR; HYDRODYNAMIC SHEAR STRESS; HYDRODYNAMIC STRESS; NUMBER OF CONTACTS;

BIOFILMS;

DRINKING WATER;

BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; COALESCENCE; COHESION; DRINKING WATER; ELASTIC PROPERTY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SHEAR STRESS; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CHLORINATION; EPIFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPE; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MACROMOLECULE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR RATE; SHEAR STRESS; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DRINKING WATER; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 84896778307     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.01.054     Document Type: Article

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