Water Science & Technology

Volume 55 Number 8-9

Biofilm Systems VI

Contents

Where are we with biofilms now? Where are we going?

B.E. Rittmann.......... 1–7

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Development of a super high-rate Anammox reactor and in situ analysis of biofilm structure and function

Ikuo Tsushima, Yuji Ogasawara, Masaki Shimokawa, Tomonori Kindaichi and Satoshi Okabe.......... 9–17

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A one-stage system with partial nitritation and Anammox processes in the moving-bed biofilm reactor

B. Szatkowska, G. Cema, E. Plaza, J. Trela and B. Hultman.......... 19–26

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Full-scale granular sludge Anammox process

W.R. Abma, C.E. Schultz, J.W. Mulder, W.R.L. van der Star, M. Strous, T. Tokutomi and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht.......... 27–33

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Biological nitrogen removal from landfill leachate by deammonification assisted by heterotrophic denitrification in a rotating biological contactor (RBC)

G. Cema, J. Wiszniowski, S. Żabczyński, E. Zabłocka-Godlewska, A. Raszka and J. Surmacz-Górska.......... 35–42

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Evaluation of hybrid processes for nitrification by comparing MBBR/AS and IFAS configurations

E. Germain, L. Bancroft, A. Dawson, C. Hinrichs, L. Fricker and P. Pearce.......... 43–49

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Nutrients removal in hybrid fluidised bed bioreactors operated with aeration cycles

M.A. Martín Martín, L. López Enríquez, M. Fernández-Polanco, S. Villaverde and P.A. García-Encina.......... 51–58

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Total nitrogen removal from high-strength ammonia recycle stream using a single submerged attached growth bioreactor

A. Onnis-Hayden, P.B. Pedros and J. Reade.......... 59–65

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Inhibitory effect of the xenobiotic 1,2-dichloroethane in a nitrifying biofilm reactor

B. Alpaslan Kocamemi and F. Çeçen.......... 67–73

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Aerobic granular sludge – state of the art

M.K. de Kreuk, N. Kishida and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht.......... 75–81

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Wastewater treatment with submerged fixed bed biofilm reactor systems – design rules, operating experiences and ongoing developments

S. Schlegel and H. Koeser.......... 83–89

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Benchmarking of BAF plants: operational experience on 40 full-scale installations in Germany

M. Barjenbruch.......... 91–98

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Comparing cost and process performance of activated sludge (AS) and biological aerated filters (BAF) over ten years of full sale operation

R. Hansen, T. Thøgersen and F. Rogalla.......... 99–106

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Full-scale applications for both COD and nutrient removal in a CIRCOX^® airlift reactor

C.T.M.J. Frijters, M. Silvius, J. Fischer, R. Haarhuis and R. Mulder.......... 107–114

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Potentials and limits of a pre-denitrification/nitrification biofilter configuration for advanced municipal wastewater treatment

E. Rother and P. Cornel.......... 115–123

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Performances of a granular sequencing batch reactor (GSBR)

M. Torregrossa, G. Di Bella, G. Viviani and A. Gnoffo.......... 125–133

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A pilot-plant study of a moving-bed biofilm reactor system using PVA gel as a biocarrier for removals of organic carbon and nitrogen

J.D. Rouse, O. Burica, M. Straar and M. Levstek.......... 135–141

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Iron and manganese removal from textile effluents in anaerobic attached-growth bioreactor filled with coirfibres

M.W. Jayaweera, P.I.A. Gomes and S.L.J. Wijeyekoon.......... 143–150

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Sequencing batch reactor (SBR) as optimal method for production of granular activated sludge (GAS) – fluid dynamic investigations

B.E. Zima, L. Díez, W. Kowalczyk and A. Delgado.......... 151–158

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Effect of temperature and salinity on the wastewater treatment performance of aerobic submerged fixed bed biofilm reactors

G. Chapanova, M. Jank, S. Schlegel and H. Koeser.......... 159–164

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Influence of temperature on microbial colonisation of clayey schist as a support media of a submerged filter for groundwater denitrification

A. De la Rúa, B. Rodelas, J. González-López and M.A. Gómez.......... 165–172

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Influence of backwashing on the microbial community in a biofilm developed on biological activated carbon used in a drinking water treatment plant

I. Kasuga, D. Shimazaki and S. Kunikane.......... 173–180

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Investigation of microbial communities on reverse osmosis membranes used for process water production

L.A. Bereschenko, A.J.M. Stams, G.H.J. Heilig, G.J.W. Euverink, M.M. Nederlof and M.C.M. Van Loosdrecht.......... 181–190

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Biofilm growth in response to various concentrations of biodegradable material in drinking water

Gabriela Schaule, Dania Moschnitschka, Simone Schulte, Adriana Tamachkiarow and Hans-Curt Flemming.......... 191–195

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The membrane fouling simulator: a suitable tool for prediction and characterisation of membrane fouling

J.S. Vrouwenvelder, S.M. Bakker, M. Cauchard, R. Le Grand, M. Apacandié, M. Idrissi, S. Lagrave, L.P. Wessels, J.A.M. van Paassen, J.C. Kruithof and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht.......... 197–205

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Simultaneous visualisation of biofouling, organic and inorganic particle fouling on separation membranes

D. Spettmann, S. Eppmann, H.-C. Flemming and J. Wingender.......... 207–210

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Evaluating the potential of biofilm control in water supply systems by removal of phosphorus from drinking water

Jnis Rubulis and Tlis Juhna.......... 211–217

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Assessing chemical cleaning of nanofiltration membranes in a drinking water production plant: a combination of chemical composition analysis and fluorescence microscopy

P. Di Martino, B. Doumeche, L. Galas, H. Vaudry, V. Heim and H. Habarou.......... 219–225

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Modelling the competition of planktonic and sessile aerobic heterotrophs for complementary nutrients in biofilm reactor

T. Lu, P.E. Saikaly and D.B. Oerther.......... 227–235

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Modelling of hybrid moving bed biofilm reactors: a pilot plant experiment

G. Mannina, D. Di Trapani, M. Torregrossa and G. Viviani.......... 237–246

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Simulation of nitrification of municipal wastewater in a Moving Bed™ biofilm process: a bottom-up approach based on a 2D-continuum model for growth and detachment

E. Alpkvist, J. Bengtsson, N. Chr. Overgaard, M. Christensson and A. Heyden.......... 247–255

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Stochastic modeling for characterisation of biofilm development with discrete detachment events (sloughing)

A. Bohn, B. Zippel, J.S. Almeida and J.B. Xavier.......... 257–264

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Description of mechanical response including detachment using a novel particle model of biofilm/flow interaction

E. Alpkvist and I. Klapper.......... 265–273

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Modelling biofilm-modified hydrodynamics in 3D

D.A. Graf von der Schulenburg, L.F. Gladden and M.L. Johns.......... 275–281

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Experimental and simulation analysis of community structure of nitrifying bacteria in a membrane-aerated biofilm

S. Matsumoto, A. Terada, Y. Aoi, S. Tsuneda, E. Alpkvist, C. Picioreanu and M.C.M. van Loosdrecht.......... 283–290

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Estimation of kinetic parameters of a model for deammonification in biofilms and evaluation of the model

D. Brockmann, K.-H. Rosenwinke and E. Morgenroth.......... 291–299

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Toward an operational dynamic model for tertiary nitrification by submerged biofiltration

E. Vigne, J.M. Choubert, J.P. Canler, A. Héduit and P. Lessard.......... 301–308

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Modelling and dynamic simulation of a pilot-scale moving bed bioreactor for the treatment of municipal wastewater: model concepts and the use of respirometry for the estimation of kinetic parameters

M. Plattes, D. Fiorelli, S. Gillé, C. Girard, E. Henry, F. Minette, O. O'Nagy and P.M. Schosseler.......... 309–316

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Optimizing and modelling nitrogen removal in a new configuration of the moving-bed biofilm reactor process

L. Larrea, J. Albizuri, A. Abad, A. Larrea and G. Zalakain.......... 317–327

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A biofilm model for engineering design

I. Takács, C.M. Bye, K. Chapman, P.L. Dold, P.M. Fairlamb and R.M. Jones.......... 329–336

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Microbial motility involvement in biofilm structure formation – a 3D modelling study

C. Picioreanu, J.-U. Kreft, M. Klausen, J.A.J. Haagensen, T. Tolker-Nielsen and S. Molin.......... 337–343

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Study of rotating biological contactor performance in wastewater treatment using multi-culture biofilm model

S. Dutta, E. Hoffmann and H.H. Hahn.......... 345–353

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Performance and microbial ecology of the hybrid membrane biofilm process for concurrent nitrification and denitrification of wastewater

L.S. Downing and R. Nerenberg.......... 355–362

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Changes in ammonia oxidiser population during transition to low pH in a biofilm reactor starting with Nitrosomonas europaea

S. Tarre, E. Shlafman, M. Beliavski and M. Green.......... 363–368

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Determination and localisation of in situ substrate uptake by anaerobic wastewater treatment granular biofilms

G. Collins, T. Mahony, A.-M. Enright, A. Gieseke, D. de Beer and V. O'Flaherty.......... 369–376

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Occurrence and persistence of bacterial and viral faecal indicators in wastewater biofilms

S. Skraber, K. Helmi, R. Willame, M. Ferréol, C. Gantzer, L. Hoffmann and H.-M. Cauchie.......... 377–385

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Use of fluorescent in situ hybridisation for the visualisation of Helicobacter pylori in real drinking water biofilms

S.M. Bragança, N.F. Azevedo, L.C. Simões, C.W. Keevil and M.J. Vieira.......... 387–393

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An ecology-based analysis of irreversible biofouling in membrane bioreactors

K. Zhang, H. Choi, M. Wu, G.A. Sorial, D. Dionysiou and D.B. Oerther.......... 395–402

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Comparison of some characteristics of aerobic granules and sludge flocs from sequencing batch reactors

J. Li, K. Garny, T. Neu, M. He, C. Lindenblatt and H. Horn.......... 403–411

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Using microbial genomics to evaluate the effectiveness of silver to prevent biofilm formation

M.-Y. Wu, K. Suryanarayanan, W.J. van Ooij and D.B. Oerther.......... 413–419

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Cohesion and detachment in biofilm systems for different electron acceptor and donors

C. Coufort, N. Derlon, J. Ochoa-Chaves, A. Liné and E. Paul.......... 421–428

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The effect of detachment on biofilm structure and activity: the oscillating pattern of biofilm accumulation

Z. Lewandowski, H. Beyenal, J. Myers and D. Stookey.......... 429–436

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The role of hydrodynamic stress on the phenotypic characteristics of single and binary biofilms of Pseudomonas fluorescens

M. Simões, M.O. Pereira and M.J. Vieira.......... 437–445

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Variation in the mechanical properties of a porous multi-phase biofilm under compression due to void closure

C.S. Laspidou and N. Aravas.......... 447–453

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The role of fouling mechanisms in a membrane bioreactor

G. Di Bella, F. Durante, M. Torregrossa, G. Viviani, P. Mercurio and A. Cicala.......... 455–464

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Ultrastructure of a bio-electrolytic methanogenic/methanotrophic granular biofilm for the complete degradation of tetrachloroethylene in contaminated groundwater

S.R. Guiot, R. Kuhn, M.-J. Lévesque and R. Cimpoia.......... 465–471

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Influence of biofilm composition on the resistance to detachment

M. Simões, S. Cleto, M.O. Pereira and M.J. Vieira.......... 473–480

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Texture analysis of spatial biofilm development

K. Milferstedt, M.-N. Pons and E. Morgenroth.......... 481–488

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The rate of iron corrosion for different organic carbon sources during biofilm formation

S.-K. Park, S.-C. Choi and Y.-K. Kim.......... 489–497

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A dual-electrochemical cell to study the biocorrosion of stainless steel

F.A. Lopes, S. Perrin and D. Féron.......... 499–504

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