Biofilm Formation on Membranes in Water and Wastewater Treatment
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Wastewater Treatment and Reuse".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2017) | Viewed by 13280
Special Issue Editor
Interests: anti-adhesive surface; reactive surface; antimicrobial surface; surface coating; surface grafting; responsive polymers; responsive surface; antifouling surface; anti-biofouling surface; biopolymers; biofouling; organic fouling
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Special Issue Information
Dear colleagues,
The editorial board of Water cordially invites you to submit an article to a Special Issue on “Biofilm Formation on Membranes in Water and Wastewater Treatment”. Bacteria seldom live and grow as single cells; rather, they usually live in biofilms—self-produced matrixes of extracellular polymeric substances, comprising mainly polysaccharides, proteins, and DNA. In water and wastewater treatment processes, bacterial biofilms dramatically reduce the performance of the various treatment units in a process termed "biofouling". This Special Issue of Water will focus on the development of microbial biofilms on membranes and on their effects on membrane performance. Articles for this interdisciplinary Special Issue should focus on either the fundamental or the applicative aspects of membrane biofouling, including, most prominently, the interactions between the various components of the biofouling layers and the membrane, the mechanisms underlying membrane biofouling, and biofouling control strategies. Manuscripts can include (but are not limited to) studies of the physical–chemical and mechanical (viscoelasticity) characteristics of biofilms, the physiology of the biofouling layers, issues related to microbial ecology, the development and characterization of novel membranes with anti-biofouling properties, the prevention of biofouling by various strategies (such as feed water pre-treatment), and methods for monitoring and cleaning biofilms from membranes. We especially encourage studies that discuss the interrelationships between these issues and membrane performance.
Prof. Dr. Moshe Herzberg
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofilms
- membranes
- biofouling
- wastewater treatment
- desalination
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