Living biofouling-resistant membranes as a model for the beneficial use of engineered biofilms

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 20, 2016, Pages E2802-E2811

  Wood, Thammajun L ^a,b   Guha, Rajarshi ^a   Tang, Li ^a   Geitner, Michael ^a   Kumar, Manish ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a,b,c  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm dispersal; Biofouling; Membranes; Nitric oxide; Synthetic circuit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSFLOW FILTRATION; FOOD PROCESSING; HYDROPOWER; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOFOULING; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; FILTRATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; WASTE WATER; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; NITRIC OXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOFILMS; BIOFOULING; EPICHLOROHYDRIN; FILTRATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NITRIC OXIDE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84969786598     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1521731113     Document Type: Article

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