@inproceedings{f0e28dc2183b4da68f9bd7a0173ff668,
title = "Morphological examination of nitrifying biofilms in a moving bed biofilm reactor using optical coherence tomography and fluorescence in situ hybridization",
abstract = "We present an imaging and image analysis approach to quantify both the overall morphology and the spatial distribution of nitrifying guilds in mixed-culture, nitrifying biofilms enriched on K1 carriers. For image acquisition we used optical coherence tomography to non-destructively visualize the three dimensional structure of entire internal cavities and fluorescent in situ hybridization of carrier cryosections to visualize the spatial distribution of ammonia oxidizing bacteria and nitrite oxidizing relative to the overall biofilm structure. Determination of morphological parameters relies on the adaptation of current image analysis methods to accommodate the complex, curved geometry of MBBR carriers.",
author = "Rosenthal, {Alex F.} and Oluwaseyi Balogun and George Wells",
note = "DOI: https://doi.org/10.2175/193864716819713123; 89th Annual Water Environment Federation Technical Exhibition and Conference, WEFTEC 2016 ; Conference date: 24-09-2016 Through 28-09-2016",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.2175/193864716819713123",
language = "English (US)",
series = "WEFTEC 2016 - 89th Water Environment Federation Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference",
publisher = "Water Environment Federation",
pages = "4546--4555",
booktitle = "WEFTEC 2016 - 89th Water Environment Federation Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference",
address = "United States",
}