Modelling microbial population dynamics in multispecies biofilms including Anammox bacteria

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 304, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-58

  Mattei, M R ^a   Frunzo, L ^b   D'Acunto, B ^b   Esposito, G ^a   Pirozzi, F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anammox; Characteristic like method; Multispecies biofilms; Numerical modelling; Partial differential equations

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; NITRIFICATION; NITROGEN REMOVAL; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANAMMOX; CHARACTERISTIC-LIKE METHOD; FREE BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; MASS CONSERVATION EQUATIONS; METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MULTI-SPECIES BIOFILMS; SEMILINEAR PARABOLIC PDES;

AEROBIC BACTERIA;

BIOFILM; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITRIFYING BACTERIUM; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84925609577     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.02.007     Document Type: Article

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