Biological Fixed Film

Water Environ Res. 2016 Oct;88(10):1021-50. doi: 10.2175/106143016X14696400494533.

Abstract

The review includes literature published in the year of 2015 regarding the uses of biofilm in full-scale and lab-scale bioreactors to treat wastewater. The topics considered include biofilm formation and factors impacting biofilm formation; extracellular polymeric substance from biofilms; biofilm consortia and quorum sensing; biofilm reactors and biofilm in bioelectrochemical systems.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biofilms
  • Bioreactors / microbiology*
  • Polymers
  • Waste Disposal, Fluid / methods*
  • Wastewater / microbiology*

Substances

  • Polymers
  • Waste Water