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18601029

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-7-8
pubmed:abstractText
A steady-state model for quantifying the space competition in multispecies biofilms is developed. The model includes multiple active species, inert biomass, substrate utilization and diffusion within the biofilm, external mass transport, and detachment phenomena. It predicts the steady-state values of biofilm thickness, species distribution, and substrate fluxes. An experimental evaluation is carried out in completely mixed biofilm reactors in which slow-growing nitrifying bacteria compete with acetate-utilizing heterotrophs. The experimental results show that the model successfully describes the space competition. In particular, increasing acetate concentrations causes NH(4) (+)-N fluxes to decrease, because nitrifiers are forced deeper into the biofilm, where they experience greater mass-transport resistance.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:status
PubMed-not-MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3592
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
39
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
914-22
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Development and experimental evaluation of a steady-state, multispecies biofilm model.
pubmed:affiliation
Environmental Engineering and Science Program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article