Glycosphingolipids enhance bacterial attachment and fouling of nanofiltration membranes

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 43-47

  Haas, Robert ^a,c   Gutman, Jenia ^a   Wardrip, Nathaniel C ^a   Kawahara, Kazuyoshi ^b   Uhl, Wolfgang ^c,d   Herzberg, Moshe ^a   Arnusch, Christopher J ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b KANTO GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; BIOPOLYMERS; MEMBRANE FOULING; MEMBRANES; NANOFILTRATION; NANOFILTRATION MEMBRANES;

BACTERIAL ATTACHMENT; BACTERIAL CULTURES; GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS; GRAM-NEGATIVE SPECIES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MICROFLUIDIC FLOW CELL; PRESSURE CHANGE; SOCIETY AND TECHNOLOGIES;

BACTERIA;

EID: 84937682334     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez500409h     Document Type: Article

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