Biofilms: Investigative Methods and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780367398422 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 268 str.

Hans-Curt Flemming; Ulrich Szewzyk; Thomas Griebe

Opis

Biofilms: Investigative Methods and Applications provides the first in-depth assessment of current and experimental ways to study biofilms, both in sample form and in situ. It shows how sensors, microscopy, lasers, and calorimetry, among other tools, can be used to obtain data on the morphology and metabolism of biofilms. This text is the first to organize and examine the best methods for investigating biofilms. It covers culture-based methods and emerging nondestructive techniques. It also shows how they can be used to characterize biofilms in a variety of manmade settings, such as sewers, wastewater plants, and drinking water distribution systems, as well as in karsts and groundwater sources.

Spis treści

Preface. List of Contributors. Steps in Biofilm Sampling and Characterization in Biofouling Cases. Rotating Annular Reactors for Controlled Growth of Biofilms. Microcalorimetry for Evaluating Countermeasures against Biofouling in Water Circulation Systems. Extraction and Quantification of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Wastewater. Cell Biomass Determination in Sewer Biofilms and a Monospecies Pseudomonas putida Biofilm. Simultaneous Morphological and Population Analyses of Environmental Biofilms. Development of a New Method to Determine the Metabolic Potential of Bacteria in Drinking Water Biofilms. Formation and Bacterial Composition of Young, Natural Biofilms Obtained from Public Bank-Filtered Drinking Water Systems. The Use of Immunological Techniques and Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy for the Characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens, Atrazine-Utilizing Biofilms. The in situ Detection of a Microbial Biofilm Community on Karst Rock Coupon in a Groundwater Habitat. Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Gradients in Fixed-Bed Biofilm Reactors for Wastewater Treatment. Quantitative Microscopy in Biofilm Studies. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy of Biofilms. Microelectrodes and Tube Reactors in Biofilm Research. Index.

O autorze

Flemming, Hans-Curt; Szewzyk, Ulrich; Griebe, Thomas