Essays about: "biofilm"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 89 essays containing the word biofilm.

  1. 1. Regional differences or similarities in human tooth biofilm microbiota: a pilot study

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för odontologi

    Author : Hanna Albertsson; Melina Isik; [2022]
    Keywords : bacteria oral microflora regional differences;

    Abstract : Background: More than 700 oral bacterial species have been found and together they make out the oral microbiota. Specific species have shown to correlate with various oral diseases such as caries and periodontitis, but also systemic diseases. READ MORE

  3. 2. A case study of estimating Algal biomass productivity from wastewater treatment facilities in the state of Texas and possible use

    University essay from KTH/Kemiteknik

    Author : Gopi Raju Makkena; [2022]
    Keywords : Microalgae; Rotating Algal Biofilm RAB ; Flash Hydrolysis; Algal biomass; Biofertilizer; Mikroalger; roterande algbiofilm RAB ; flashhydrolys; algbiomassa; biogödsel;

    Abstract : För att hålla vattendragen och miljön rena, renas avloppsvattnet för att nå ett visst mått innan det släpps ut. Vi gjorde en fallstudie för att utvärdera metoderna som används för att behandla avloppsvatten i tre steg: primär, sekundär och tertiär i delstaten Texas, USA. READ MORE

  4. 3. Pilot scale partial denitratation coupled anammox: an evaluation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kemiteknik (CI)

    Author : Tobias Ellingsen; [2022]
    Keywords : mainstream anammox; partial denitratation anammox; partial denitrification anammox; PDA; nitrite inhibition; anammox; water and environmental engineering; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : På avloppsreningsverk (ARV) som tillämpar kväverening är den vanligaste tekniken nitrifikation följt av denitrifikation. Denna process kräver omfattande luftning, vilket både är elintensivt och minskar mängden biogas som kan utvinnas. READ MORE

  5. 4. Global Cultures – Critical Zone Observatories of Everyday Objects : (A Global Environmental History of Yogurt)

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Leni Charbonneau; [2022]
    Keywords : yogurt; biofilm; critical zone observatory; microbiopolitics; probiotic; microbial biodiversity; new materialism; OOO;

    Abstract : This study turns to what is for many an everyday item – yogurt – as a critical zone observatory, a synergistic, place-based laboratory which aims to integrate heterogenous representations of planetary phenomena as they are registered at a common surface. Yogurt has an impressive cultural endurance largely derived from its prominence in various paradigms of health. READ MORE

  6. 5. Potential of waste-derived VFAs-bearing effluents as an external carbon source for MBBR denitrification of domestic wastewater

    University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

    Author : Seyed Reza Manafi Khosroshahi; [2022]
    Keywords : Volatile fatty acids; Denitrification; Wastewater treatment; Biological nutrient removal; Nitrate removal; Electron accepter; Carbon source; Electron doner; Moving bed biofilm reactor; Nanofiltration; VFA concentration; Discharge standards; Carriers; acclimatization; VFAs; MMBR; NF; WWTP; BNR;

    Abstract : In conventional wastewater treatment plants, methanol, ethanol, and acetate are used as carbon source for the denitrification process in the biological nutrient removal. However, growing concern regarding economical costs and carbon footprints from the fossil-based production of these chemicals have forced the companies to look for other alternatives. READ MORE