Biological control of microbial attachment and membrane biofouling

• Main Author: Xu, Huijuan
• Other Authors: Liu Yu
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Environmental engineering::Water treatment
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/50757
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Microbial attachment to solid surfaces has been widely observed in natural and engineered systems. A number of factors have been considered to contribute to microbial attachment, such as surface charge, hydrophobic interactions, hydrodynamic shear force, bacteria surface properties, extracellular po...