Water Science & Technology

Volume 47 Number 5

Biofilm Monitoring (Selected proceedings of the IWA International Specialised Conference on Biofilm Monitoring, held in Porto, Portugal, 17-20 March 2002)

Contents

1–8

Role and levels of real-time monitoring for successful anti-fouling strategies - an overview

H.-C. Flemming

9–18

Biofilm monitoring: a perfect solution in search of a problem

Z. Lewandowski and H. Beyenal

19–24

On-line monitoring of biofilm formation in a brewery water pipeline system with a fibre optical device

A. Tamachkiarow and H.-C. Flemming

25–29

Biofilm monitoring by photoacoustic spectroscopy

T. Schmid, U. Panne, C. Haisch and R. Niessner

31–37

Automated biofilm morphology quantification from confocal laser scanning microscopy imaging

J.B. Xavier, D.C. White and J.S. Almeida

39–43

Biofouling assessment using an infrared monitor

P. Tinham and T.R. Bott

45–49

On-line biofilm monitoring by "BIOX" electrochemical probe

A. Mollica and P. Cristiani

51–56

Monitoring biofilm formation by using cyclic voltammetry - effect of the experimental conditions on biofilm removal and activity

M.S. Giao, M.I. Montenegro and M.J. Vieira

57–59

Dynamic response of biofilm to pipe surface and fluid velocity

T.E. Cloete, D. Westaard and S.J. van Vuuren

61–67

A technique using a membrane flow cell to determine average mass transfer coefficients and tortuosity factors in biofilms

L.A. García López, M.C. Veiga, R. Nogueira, A. Aparicio and L.F. Melo

69–76

Monitoring biofilm detachment under dynamic changes in shear stress using laser-based particle size analysis and mass fractionation

Y.C. Choi and E. Morgenroth

77–82

Monitoring cell detachment by surfactants in a parallel plate flow chamber

J. Azeredo, A.P. Pacheco, I. Lopes, R. Oliveira and M.J. Vieira

83–90

Elucidation and control of biofilm formation processes in water treatment and distribution using the unified biofilm approach

D. van der Kooij, J.S. Vrouwenvelder and H.R. Veenendaal

91–97

Monitoring biofilm formation and activity in drinking water distribution networks under oligotrophic conditions

R. Boe-Hansen, A.C. Martiny, E. Arvin and H.-J. Albrechtsen

99–104

Portable pilot plant for evaluating marine biofouling growth and control in heat exchangers-condensers

J.F. Casanueva, J. Sánchez, J.L. García-Morales, T. Casanueva-Robles, J.A. López, J.R. Portela, E. Nebot and D. Sales

105–116

Rapid detection of biofilms and adherent pathogens using scanning confocal laser microscopy and episcopic differential interference contrast microscopy

C.W. Keevil

117–122

Monitoring and characterisation of bacteria in corroding district heating systems using fluorescence in situ hybridisation and microautoradiography

B.V. Kjellerup, B.H. Olesen, J.L. Nielsen, B. Frølund, S. Ødum and P.H. Nielsen

123–128

Simultaneous determination of bacterial viability and identity in biofilms using ethidium monoazide and fluorescent in situ hybridization

J.M. Regan, P.S. Oldenburg, H.-D. Park, G.W. Harrington and D.R. Noguera

129–132

Comparison of detection specificity of nitrifying bacteria in biofilm using fluorescence in situ hybridization and in situ fluorescent antibody methods

N. Noda, Y. Ebie, M. Matsumura, S. Tsuneda, A. Hirata and Y. Inamori

133–138

Monitoring of microbial diversity by fluorescence in situ hybridization and fluorescence spectrometry

V. Ivanov, S.T.-L. Tay and J.-H. Tay

139–142

Three-dimensional distribution of GFP-labeled Pseudomonas putida during biofilm formation on solid PAHs assessed by confocal laser scanning microscopy

A.C. Rodrigues, S. Wuertz, A.G. Brito and L.F. Melo

143–147

Microbial community structure in biofilms and water of a drinking water distribution system determined by lipid biomarkers

M.M. Keinänen, P.J. Martikainen, L.K. Korhonen and M.H. Suutari

149–154

Molecular characterization of bacteria inhabiting a water distribution system simulator

J.W. Santo Domingo, M.C. Meckes, J.M. Simpson, B. Sloss and D.J. Reasoner

155–160

Establishment of a continuous model system to study Helicobacter pylori survival in potable water biofilms

N.F. Azevedo, M. J. Vieira and C.W. Keevil

161–167

Monitoring of biofilm reactors using natural fluorescence fingerprints

G. Wolf, J.S. Almeida, J.G. Crespo and M.A.M. Reis

169–173

Monitoring the active sessile-colonisation of two drinking water distribution systems based on the protein contents in native biofilm samples

J. Menaia, R. Alves, S. Sanches, G. Santos and E. Mesquita

175–179

Extraction of exopolymers from biofilms: the protective effect of glutaraldehyde

J. Azeredo, M. Henriques, S. Sillankorva and R. Oliveira

181–188

Image analysis, methanogenic activity measurements, and molecular biological techniques to monitor granular sludge from an EGSB reactor fed with oleic acid

M.A. Pereira, K. Roest, A.J.M. Stams, A.D.L. Akkermans, A.L. Amaral, M.-N. Pons, E.C. Ferreira, M. Mota and M.M. Alves

189–196

On the dynamics and function of ciliates in sequencing batch biofilm reactors

J. Fried and H. Lemmer

197–200

Influence of operational conditions on biofilm specific activity of an anaerobic fluidized bed reactor

J.L. García-Morales, L.I. Romero and D. Sales

201–204

Respiration rate measurement in a submerged fixed bed reactor

M. Carrión,, A. Asaff and F. Thalasso

205–209

A novel titrimetric method for monitoring toxicity on nitrifying biofilms

P. Artiga, V. Oyanedel, J.M. Garrido and R. Mendez

211–216

Monitoring the influence of toxic compounds on microbial denitrifying biofilm processes

J. Li and P.L. Bishop

217–223

Monitoring the effects of biocide treatment of Pseudomonas fluorescens biofilms formed under different flow regimes

M. Simões, M.O. Pereira and M.J. Vieira

225–231

Adhesion of Escherichia coli, Citrobacter freundii and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolated from milk: consequence on the efficiency of sanitation procedures

C. Faille, F. Fontaine, C. Lelièvre and T. Bénézech