Biostabilization of cohesive sediments: Revisiting the role of abiotic conditions, physiology and diversity of microbes, polymeric secretion, and biofilm architecture

Geobiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 68-97

  Gerbersdorf, S U ^a   Wieprecht, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COHESIVE SEDIMENT; COLONIZATION; ECOHYDROLOGY; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDBACK MECHANISM; HYDRODYNAMICS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STABILIZATION;

ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; SEDIMENT;

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS;

EID: 84923084033     PISSN: 14724677     EISSN: 14724669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbi.12115     Document Type: Article

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