Notes on biofilm porosity

被引：47

作者：

Lewandowski, Z

机构：

[1] Montana State Univ, Dept Civil Engn, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA

[2] Montana State Univ, Ctr Biofilm Engn, Bozeman, MT 59717 USA

来源：

WATER RESEARCH | 2000年 / 34卷 / 09期

基金：

美国国家科学基金会;

关键词：

biofilms; biofilm heterogeneity; confocal microscopy;

D O I：

10.1016/S0043-1354(00)00186-X

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

Difficulties have been encountered attempting to use porosity as a parameter for quantifying biofilm heterogeneity. Some of those difficulties are technical in nature-measurement of biofilm porosity and interpretation of the results-while other are more fundamental and result from using the well-known concept of rigid porous bed porosity to describe the porosity of a gelatinous biofilm matrix. Possible remedies are suggested and discussed. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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页码：2620 / 2624

页数：5