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Kumar TA, Saravanan S (2009) Treatability studies of textile wastewater on an aerobic fluidized
bed biofilm reactor (FABR): a case study. Water Sci Technol 59:1817–1821
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Water Sci Technol 59:1703–1711
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Meliani A, Bensoltane A (2014) Enhancement of hydrocarbons degradation by use of Pseudomonas biosurfactants and biofilms. J Pet Environ Biotechnol 5:1. https://doi.org/10.4172/21577463.1000168
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Mishra A, Malik A (2014) Novel fungal consortium for bioremediation of metals and dyes from
mixed waste stream. Bioresour Technol 171:217–226
Mitra S, Pramanik A, Banerjee S, Haldar S, Gachhui R, Mukherjee J (2013) Enhanced biotransformation of fluoranthene by intertidally derived Cunninghamella elegans under biofilm-based
and niche-mimicking conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 79(24):7922–7930. https://doi.org/
10.1128/AEM.02129-13
Modin O, Fukushi K, Yamamoto K (2008) Simultaneous removal of nitrate and pesticides from
groundwater using a methane-fed membrane biofilm reactor. Water Sci Technol 58:1273–1279
Mohapatra RK, Behera SS, Patra JK, Thatoi H, Parhi PK (2019) Potential application of bacterial
biofilm for bioremediation of toxic heavy metals and dye-contaminated environments. In: New
and future developments in microbial biotechnology and bioengineering: microbial biofilms:
current research and future trends in microbial biofilms. Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/
10.1016/B978-0-444-64279-0.00017-7
Moreno-Andrade I, Buitron G, Vargas A (2009) Effect of starvation and shock loads on the
Biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol in a discontinuous moving bed biofilm reactor. Appl
Biochem Biotechnol 158:222–230
Morgan P, Watkinson RJ (1989) Hydrocarbon degradation in soils and methods for soil
biotreatment. Crit Rev Biotechnol 8:305–333
Murphy CD, Casey E (2013) Biofilm-catalysed transformation of organofluorine compounds. Chim
Oggi 31(3)
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sequencing batch biofilm reactor for decolorization and biodegradation of azo dye acid red 18:
comparison of using two types of packing media. Bioresour Technol 127:415–421
Jansson JK, Björklöf K, Elvang AM, Jørgensen KS (2000) Biomarkers for monitoring efficacy of
bioremediation by microbial inoculants. Environ Pollut 107:217–223
Jeswani H, Mukherji S (2012) Degradation of phenolics, nitrogen-heterocyclics and polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons in a rotating biological contactor. Bioresour Technol 111:12–20
Jorgensen KS (2007) In situ bioremediation. Adv Appl Microbiol 61:285–305
Jorgensen KS, Salminen JM, Bjorklof K (2010) Monitored natural attenuation. Methods Mol Biol
599:217–233
Kumar TA, Saravanan S (2009) Treatability studies of textile wastewater on an aerobic fluidized
bed biofilm reactor (FABR): a case study. Water Sci Technol 59:1817–1821
Lin YH, Hsien TY (2009) Kinetics of biodegradation of phenolic wastewater in a biofilm reactor.
Water Sci Technol 59:1703–1711
de Lipthay JR, Tuxen N, Johnsen K, Hansen LH, Albrechtsen HJ, Bjerg PL, Aamand J (2003) In
situ exposure to low herbicide concentrations affects microbial population composition and
catabolic gene frequency in an aerobic shallow aquifer. Appl Environ Microbiol 69:461–467
Maksimova YG (2014) Microbial biofilms in biotechnological processes. Appl Biochem Microbiol
50:750–760. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0003683814080043
Mangwani N, Kumari S, Das S (2016) Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing: fidelity in bioremediation technology. Biotechnol Genet Eng Rev 32(1-2):43–73. https://doi.org/10.1080/
02648725.2016.1196554
Martin KJ, Picioreanu C, Nerenberg R (2015) Assessing microbial competition in a hydrogen-based
membrane biofilm reactor (MBfR) using multidimensional modelling. Biotechnol Bioeng 112
(9):1843–1853
Masic A, Eberl HJ (2014) A modelling and simulation study of the role of suspended microbial
populations in nitrification in a biofilm reactor. Bull Math Biol 76:27–58
Meliani A, Bensoltane A (2014) Enhancement of hydrocarbons degradation by use of Pseudomonas biosurfactants and biofilms. J Pet Environ Biotechnol 5:1. https://doi.org/10.4172/21577463.1000168
Meliani A, Bensoltane A (2016) Biofilm-mediated heavy metals bioremediation in PGPR Pseudomonas. J Bioremed Biodegrad 7:370. https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-6199.1000370
Mishra A, Malik A (2014) Novel fungal consortium for bioremediation of metals and dyes from
mixed waste stream. Bioresour Technol 171:217–226
Mitra S, Pramanik A, Banerjee S, Haldar S, Gachhui R, Mukherjee J (2013) Enhanced biotransformation of fluoranthene by intertidally derived Cunninghamella elegans under biofilm-based
and niche-mimicking conditions. Appl Environ Microbiol 79(24):7922–7930. https://doi.org/
10.1128/AEM.02129-13
Modin O, Fukushi K, Yamamoto K (2008) Simultaneous removal of nitrate and pesticides from
groundwater using a methane-fed membrane biofilm reactor. Water Sci Technol 58:1273–1279
Mohapatra RK, Behera SS, Patra JK, Thatoi H, Parhi PK (2019) Potential application of bacterial
biofilm for bioremediation of toxic heavy metals and dye-contaminated environments. In: New
and future developments in microbial biotechnology and bioengineering: microbial biofilms:
current research and future trends in microbial biofilms. Elsevier, Amsterdam. https://doi.org/
10.1016/B978-0-444-64279-0.00017-7
Moreno-Andrade I, Buitron G, Vargas A (2009) Effect of starvation and shock loads on the
Biodegradation of 4-chlorophenol in a discontinuous moving bed biofilm reactor. Appl
Biochem Biotechnol 158:222–230
Morgan P, Watkinson RJ (1989) Hydrocarbon degradation in soils and methods for soil
biotreatment. Crit Rev Biotechnol 8:305–333
Murphy CD, Casey E (2013) Biofilm-catalysed transformation of organofluorine compounds. Chim
Oggi 31(3)
9 Utilization of Microbial Biofilm for the Biotransformation and Bioremediation. . .
243