Biofilms: Investigative Methods and Applications - Rilegato

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

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ISBN 10: 1566768691 ISBN 13: 9781566768696

Casa editrice: CRC Press, 2000

Riassunto

Until now, techniques for studying biofilms- the cellular colonies that live in drinking water systems, wastewater operations, even ground and surface water- have been limited. Yet during the last decade, biofilms have become a critical element in water quality preservation systems, a key component of wastewater treatment biological reactions and the subject of extensive microbiological inquiry. An understanding of biofilm development, structure and dynamics is one condition for improving water supplies and for addressing technical problems such as biofouling, corrosion and bioweathering.

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.

In clarifying the way biofilms are studied, the book offers new insights into these living films. It also applies inquiry techniques to the many problems confronting the environmental specialist-corrosion control, biofouling, and the improvement of fixed reactors in wastewater treatment. At the same time it explains technologies for the controlled growth of biofilms and shows how biofilms can be effectively monitored and subjected to quantitative analysis. The technical information in Biofilms: Investigative Methods and Applications is designed to be of use to engineers and researchers and to be helpful in the generation of electronic data.

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Contenuti:

Preface
List of Contributors

Steps in Biofilm Sampling and Characterization in Biofouling Cases by Gabriela Schaule, Thomas Griebe and Hans-Curt Flemming

Introduction

Sampling Strategy

Field Methods In Situ

Laboratory Methods

Laboratory Methods to Examine Removed Biofilms

Identification

Chemical and Biochemical Analysis

Genetic Methods

Immunological Methods

Conclusions and Outlook

References
Rotating Annular Reactors for Controlled Growth of Biofilms by Thomas Griebe and Hans-Curt Flemming

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

References
Microcalorimetry for Evaluating Countermeasures against Biofouling in Water Circulation Systems by Henry Von Rége and Wolfgang Sand

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results and Discussion

Conclusions

Acknowledgement

References
Extraction and Quantification of Extracellular Polymeric Substances from Wastewater by Rosemarie Spaeth and Stefan Wuertz

Introduction

Extraction Methods

Quantification

Cell Lysis

Applications

Acknowledgements

Nomenclature

References
Cell Biomass Determination in Sewer Biofilms and a Monospecies Pseudomonas putida Biofilm by Andreas Jahn and Per Halkjaer Nielsen

Introduction

Direct Determination

Indirect Methods

Conclusions

References
Simultaneous Morphological and Population Analyses of Environmental Biofilms by Jannie A. Flood, Nicholas J. Ashbolt and Peter J. Beatson

Principle of the Method

Range of Applications

Methods

Results

Comparison with Other Methods

Discussion

Nomenclature

Acknowledgements

References
Development of a New Method to Determine the Metabolic Potential of Bacteria in Drinking Water Biofilms: Probe Active Counts (PAC) by Sibylle Kalmbach, Werner Manz and Ulrich Szewzyk

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results and Discussion

References
Formation and Bacterial Composition of Young, Natural Biofilms Obtained from Public Bank-Filtered Drinking Water Systems by Thomas Schwartz, Sandra Hoffmann and Ursula Obst

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgements

References
The Use of Immunological Techniques and Scanning Confocal Laser Microscopy for the Characterization of Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Pseudomonas fluorescens, Atrazine-Utilizing Biofilms by Martina Hausner, John R. Lawrence, Gideon M. Wolfaardt, Michael Schloter, Klaus-Peter Seiler and A. Hartmann

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgements

References
The in situ Detection of a Microbial Biofilm Community on Karst Rock Coupon in a Groundwater Habitat by E. Müller, B. Assmus, A. Hartmann and K.-P. Seiler

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results and Discussion

Summary

References
Investigation of Spatial and Temporal Gradients in Fixed-Bed Biofilm Reactors for Wastewater Treatment by Axel Wobus, Kerstin Röske and Isolde Röske

Introduction

Aim of the Study

Experimental Setup

Chlorophenol Elimination by Biofilms under Different Operating Conditions

Quantitative Determination of Biomass and Biological Activity

Investigation of the Biomass and Biological Activity

Investigation of the Bacterial Community of the Biofilm

The Protozoa and Metazoa in Biofilms

Conclusions

Nomenclature

Acknowledgements

References
Quantitative Microscopy in Biofilm Studies by Martin Kuehn, Ulrich Schindler, Peter A. Wilderer and Stefan Wuertz

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

Acknowledgements

References
Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy (CLSM) of Biofilms by Thomas R. Neu

Introduction

CLSM History

Confocal Imaging

Advantages/Disadvantages

Techniques

Applications

Conclusions

Acknowledgement

References
Microelectrodes and Tube Reactors in Biofilm Research by Harald Horn

Introduction

Materials and Methods

Results

Discussion

References

Index

Product Description:

Book by Flemming HansCurt Szewzyk Ulrich Griebe Thomas

Su questa edizione

• Editore: CRC Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1566768691
• ISBN 13: 9781566768696
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 266