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Biofilm Architecture in Opaque Porous Medium
SShewanella oneidensis MR-1 biofilm (purple) grown in glass bead-pack (yellow), and imaged using X-ray microtomography (microCT) at GSECARS/beam-line...
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Interaction Between Biofilm Growth and Fluid Flow in Seafloor Hydrothermal Systems
We adapt a set of differential equations commonly used in the mathematical biofilm literature to study the interaction between biofilm growth and...
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Biofilm Biofertilizer Stabilizes Sequestered Paddy Soil Carbon While Cutting Down Chemical Fertilizers: Answers for Climate and Fertilizer Issues
Abstract —Degradation of natural ecosystems demands the utilization of croplands with enhanced soil carbon sequestration. To do this, microbial...
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Performance Evaluation and Microbial Shift of Sequencing Batch Biofilm Reactor Treating Synthetic Mariculture Wastewater Under Different Dissolved Oxygen at Aerobic Phase
The impact of dissolved oxygen (DO) at aerobic phase on the nitrogen removal, extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), microbial activity and...
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Advancement in biological wastewater treatment using hybrid moving bed biofilm reactor (MBBR): a review
Last two decades have brought commendable respect for biofilm processes in wastewater treatment. Preeminent components from both the biofilter...
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MicroAlgal Biofilm Reactor (MABR) – Evaluation of Biomass Support Materials and Nitrate Removal Performance
AbstractMicroalgal biofilms have attracted a good deal of attention as highly beneficial systems capable of reducing the cost of dewatering...
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Pore-Scale Numerical Investigation of Evolving Porosity and Permeability Driven by Biofilm Growth
Microorganisms in natural porous media can form biofilms that alter the pore structure and medium permeability. This affects fluid flow and solute...
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Effect of Humic Acids on Biofilm Formation on Polyethylene Surface and Its Biodegradation by Soil Bacteria
AbstractThe effect of humic acids on the formation of multispecies biofilms on the surface of high-pressure polyethylene and on the initial stages of...
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Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Using Biofilm Technologies as Cost Effective Applications
This study was conducted to demonstrate and evaluate the economic effects of biofilm application in municipal wastewater treatment in the MENA...
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Biofilm formation under high temperature causes the commensal bacteria Bacillus cereus WPySW2 to shift from friend to foe in Neoporphyra haitanensis in vitro model
Although biofilm formation may promote growth, biofilms are not always beneficial to their hosts. The biofilm formation characteristics of Bacillus...
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Sensitivity Study on the Classical Biofilm Model Using a Simplified Solution Method
The classical biofilm model depicts correlation between the substrate concentration in influent and effluent as well as at liquid--biofilm interface,...
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Bioremediation potential of biofilm forming multi-metal resistant marine bacterium Pseudomonas chengduensis PPSS-4 isolated from contaminated site of Paradip Port, Odisha
Biofilm forming and heavy metal resistant marine bacterial strain Pseudomonas chengduensis PPSS-4 was isolated from the contaminated marine sediment...
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Simultaneous Removal of Soluble Metal Species and Nitrate from Acidic and Saline Industrial Wastewater in a Pilot-Scale Biofilm Reactor
The hydrometallurgical treatment of waste printed circuit boards for the recovery of precious metals generates acidic wastewater containing nitrate,...
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Biofilm Formation and Effectiveness of Biosand Filtration Systems with Typical and Innovative Filter Media
Clean drinking water is a necessity and recycling stormwater and greywater has been more appealing in the recent decades to provide filtered water...
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Identification of Bioactive Compounds and Evaluation of the Antimicrobial and Anti-biofilm Effect of Psammocinia sp. and Hyattella sp. Sponges from the Persian Gulf
Biofilms are microbial communities that bind to surfaces resist adverse conditions. Increasing the survival of bacteria in biofilm structures...
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Crystal Chemistry of Biofilm and Synthetic Oxalates of the Humboldtine Group
Synthetic and bioinspired analogs of oxalate minerals humboldtine, glushinskite, lindbergite, falottaite were obtained on the surfaces of a set of...
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An Upscaled Model for Permeable Biofilm in a Thin Channel and Tube
In this paper, we derive upscaled equations for modeling biofilm growth in porous media. The resulting macroscale mathematical models consider...
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Unfolding the interaction of radioactive Cs and Sr with polyethylene-derived microplastics in marine environment
To unveil the interaction of radioactive Cs and Sr with polyethylene-derived microplastics in the marine environment, a mesocosm study was conducted...
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Occurrence and Distribution of Plastispheres in Coastal Sediments and Waters along the Maharashtra Coast, India
Microplastics can promote microbial colonisation and biofilm growth, thus being referred to as “plastispheres”. The global plastic pollution surge is...
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In Vitro and In Silico Antifouling Activity Analysis of Secondary Metabolites Extracted from the Marine Bacterium Vibrio alginolyticus
The bacteria associated with marine invertebrates are considered as a potential source of biologically active compounds. In the present study, the...
