Article
Shear rate moderates community diversity in freshwater biofilms.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Dec 2004
Rickard Alexander H, McBain Andrew J, Stead Amy T, Gilbert Peter
Abstract excerpt
The development of freshwater multispecies biofilms at solid-liquid interfaces occurs both in quiescent waters and under conditions of high shear rates. However, the influence of hydrodynamic shear rates on bacterial biofilm diversity is poorly understood. We hypothesized that different shear rates would significantly influence biofilm diversity and alter the relative proportions of coaggregating and...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
