Bacterial adhesion onto nanofiltration and reverse osmosis membranes: Effect of permeate flux

Water Research

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 296-305

  Semião, Andrea J C ^a   Habimana, Olivier ^b   Casey, Eoin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bacterial adhesion; Biofouling; Nanofiltration; Permeate flux; Reverse osmosis

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL ADHESION; NANOFILTRATION; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REVERSE OSMOSIS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; FLUX CONDITIONS; NF MEMBRANES; PERMEATE FLUX; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SPECIES; REVERSE OSMOSIS MEMBRANE; RO MEMBRANE; RO PROCESS;

BIOFOULING;

ANTIFOULING; BACTERIUM; BIOFOULING; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FILTRATION; GROWTH RATE; MEMBRANE; OSMOSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFOULING; CELL GROWTH; CELL SURFACE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROPHOBICITY; INOCULATION; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL ADHESION; MICROFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION; NONHUMAN; PERMEATE FLUX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVERSE OSMOSIS; SURFACE CHARGE; SURFACE PROPERTY; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFOULING; OSMOSIS; PERMEABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84904250677     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.06.031     Document Type: Article

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