Emergent properties of microbial activity in heterogeneous soil microenvironments: different research approaches are slowly converging, yet major challenges remain

PC Baveye, W Otten, A Kravchenko… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Over the last 60 years, soil microbiologists have accumulated a wealth of experimental data
showing that the bulk, macroscopic parameters (eg, granulometry, pH, soil organic matter …

Controlling the hydraulic resistance of membrane biofilms by engineering biofilm physical structure

P Desmond, KT Huisman, H Sanawar, NM Farhat… - Water research, 2022 - Elsevier
The application of membrane technology for water treatment and reuse is hampered by the
development of a microbial biofilm. Biofilm growth in micro-and ultrafiltration (MF/UF) …

A technological understanding of biofilm detection techniques: A review

S Achinas, SK Yska, N Charalampogiannis… - Materials, 2020 - mdpi.com
Biofouling is a persistent problem in almost any water-based application in several
industries. To eradicate biofouling-related problems in bioreactors, the detection of biofilms …

Biofilm imaging in porous media by laboratory X-Ray tomography: Combining a non-destructive contrast agent with propagation-based phase-contrast imaging tools

M Carrel, MA Beltran, VL Morales, N Derlon… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
X-ray tomography is a powerful tool giving access to the morphology of biofilms, in 3D
porous media, at the mesoscale. Due to the high water content of biofilms, the attenuation …

Early non-destructive biofouling detection in spiral wound RO membranes using a mobile earth׳ s field NMR

EO Fridjonsson, SJ Vogt, JS Vrouwenvelder… - Journal of Membrane …, 2015 - Elsevier
We demonstrate the use of Earth׳ s field (EF) Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to
provide early non-destructive detection of active biofouling of a commercial spiral wound …

Two-phase oil/water flow measurement using an Earth's field nuclear magnetic resonance flow meter

KT O'Neill, L Brancato, PL Stanwix… - Chemical Engineering …, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a novel multiphase flow metering technique for simultaneous measurement of
oil and water volumetric flowrates. An Earth's field nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) …

Flow field in fouling spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane modules using MRI velocimetry

NW Bristow, SJ Vogt, KT O'Neill, JS Vrouwenvelder… - Desalination, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) velocimetry was applied to study non-
invasively the water flow field inside a spiral-wound desalination membrane module …

NMR investigation of water diffusion in different biofilm structures

MP Herrling, J Weisbrodt, CM Kirkland… - Biotechnology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Mass transfer in biofilms is determined by diffusion. Different mostly invasive approaches
have been used to measure diffusion coefficients in biofilms, however, data on …

Investigating the influence of flow rate on biofilm growth in three dimensions using microimaging

S Ostvar, G Iltis, Y Davit, S Schlüter, L Andersson… - Advances in Water …, 2018 - Elsevier
We explore how X-ray computed microtomography can be used to generate highly-resolved
3D biofilm datasets on length scales that span multiple pore bodies. The data is integrated …

In situ detection of subsurface biofilm using low-field NMR: a field study

CM Kirkland, MP Herrling, R Hiebert… - … science & technology, 2015 - ACS Publications
Subsurface biofilms are central to bioremediation of chemical contaminants in soil and
groundwater whereby micro-organisms degrade or sequester environmental pollutants like …