Pretreatment with alum or powdered activated carbon reduces bacterial predation-associated irreversible fouling of membranes.

Kim, Eun-Ho; Dwidar, Mohammed; Kwon, Young-Nam; Mitchell, Robert J

Kim, Eun-Ho; Dwidar, Mohammed; Kwon, Young-Nam; Mitchell, Robert J.

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Kim EH; a School of Urban and Environmental Engineering , Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology , Ulsan , South Korea.

Biofouling ; 30(10): 1225-33, 2014.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-25410737

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Alum Compounds/chemistry; Bdellovibrio/physiology; Biofouling/prevention & control; Charcoal/chemistry; Adsorption; Escherichia coli/physiology; Membranes, Artificial; Models, Theoretical; Ultrafiltration/methods; Water Purification/methods

Key words

Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus; alum; irreversible fouling; membrane filtration; powdered activated carbon

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Bdellovibrio / Charcoal / Alum Compounds / Biofouling Type of study: Risk_factors_studies Language: En Journal: Biofouling Journal subject: BIOLOGIA Year: 2014 Type: Article Affiliation country: South Korea

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