Nitric oxide treatment for the control of reverse osmosis membrane biofouling

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 2515-2524

  Barnes, Robert J ^a,c   Low, Jiun Hui ^a,b   Bandi, Ratnaharika R ^a   Tay, Martin ^b   Chua, Felicia ^a   Aung, Theingi ^a   Fane, Anthony G ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^b,c   Rice, Scott A ^b,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT; BIOREACTORS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FORESTRY; MEMBRANES; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMOSIS MEMBRANES; REDUCTION; REVERSE OSMOSIS;

BACTERIAL COMMUNITY; EXTRACELLULAR POLYMERIC SUBSTANCES; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SURFACE COVERAGES; TRANSMEMBRANE PRESSURES; UNTREATED CONTROL; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS;

WATER TREATMENT;

BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; BIOREACTOR; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; GERM CELL; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIC OXIDE; OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONOR; PROLINE; PROLINE-NITRIC OXIDE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOFOULING; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEMBRANE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; MEMBRANES; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE DONORS; PROLINE; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84925355550     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03404-14     Document Type: Article

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