Moshe Herzberg

Summary

Affiliation: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Country: Israel

Publications

  1. ncbi Surface properties and reduced biofouling of graft-copolymers that possess oppositely charged groups
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biomacromolecules 12:1169-77. 2011
  2. ncbi Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 43:4393-8. 2009
  3. ncbi Physiology and genetic traits of reverse osmosis membrane biofilms: a case study with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University, Sede Boqer, Israel
    ISME J 2:180-94. 2008
  4. ncbi Impact of microfiltration treatment of secondary wastewater effluent on biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel
    Water Res 44:167-76. 2010
  5. ncbi Impact of higher alginate expression on deposition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in radial stagnation point flow and reverse osmosis systems
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 43:7376-83. 2009
  6. ncbi Relation between EPS adherence, viscoelastic properties, and MBR operation: Biofouling study with QCM-D
    Amer Sweity
    Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
    Water Res 45:6430-40. 2011
  7. ncbi The role of alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa EPS adherence, viscoelastic properties and cell attachment
    Oded Orgad
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biofouling 27:787-98. 2011
  8. ncbi Chemical and physical factors in design of antibiofouling polymer coatings
    Inbal Eshet
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biomacromolecules 12:2681-5. 2011
  9. ncbi Reduced bacterial deposition and attachment by quorum-sensing inhibitor 4-nitro-pyridine-N-oxide: the role of physicochemical effects
    Nune Vanoyan
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Langmuir 26:12089-94. 2010
  10. ncbi Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a hybrid growth membrane bioreactor (HG-MBR): viscoelastic and adherence characteristics
    Wang Ying
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 44:8636-43. 2010

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Surface properties and reduced biofouling of graft-copolymers that possess oppositely charged groups
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biomacromolecules 12:1169-77. 2011
    ..The hydration and swelling of the grafted polymer layer are shown to repel EPS and reduce their adsorption. Delineating the surface properties of antifouling grafted layers may lead to the design of novel antifouling surfaces...
  2. ncbi Role of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 43:4393-8. 2009
    ..The increase in the interfacial adhesion forces is attributed to specific EPS-calcium interactions that play a major role in biofouling of RO membranes...
  3. ncbi Physiology and genetic traits of reverse osmosis membrane biofilms: a case study with Pseudomonas aeruginosa
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University, Sede Boqer, Israel
    ISME J 2:180-94. 2008
    ..The increase in nutrient concentration in close proximity to the membrane is suggested to enhance biofouling by chemotaxis response of the suspended cells and their swimming toward the membrane surface...
  4. ncbi Impact of microfiltration treatment of secondary wastewater effluent on biofouling of reverse osmosis membranes
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, 84990 Israel
    Water Res 44:167-76. 2010
    ..The finding that the biofilm community developed on the RO membrane was not influenced by MF pretreatment may imply that RO membranes select for a conserved biofilm community...
  5. ncbi Impact of higher alginate expression on deposition of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in radial stagnation point flow and reverse osmosis systems
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 43:7376-83. 2009
    ..Shielding these interactions by a hydrated and hydrophilic alginate capsule is shown to dramatically lessen the biofouling potential of the membrane colonizers...
  6. ncbi Relation between EPS adherence, viscoelastic properties, and MBR operation: Biofouling study with QCM-D
    Amer Sweity
    Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
    Water Res 45:6430-40. 2011
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  7. ncbi The role of alginate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa EPS adherence, viscoelastic properties and cell attachment
    Oded Orgad
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biofouling 27:787-98. 2011
    ..The results suggest that alginate contributes to steric hindrance and shielding of cell surface features and adhesins that are known to promote cell attachment...
  8. ncbi Chemical and physical factors in design of antibiofouling polymer coatings
    Inbal Eshet
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Biomacromolecules 12:2681-5. 2011
    ..This demonstrates that swelling must be accounted for when comparing different biofouling-resistant materials. Chemical and physical principles may be combined in hydrogel coatings to develop efficient antibiofouling surfaces...
  9. ncbi Reduced bacterial deposition and attachment by quorum-sensing inhibitor 4-nitro-pyridine-N-oxide: the role of physicochemical effects
    Nune Vanoyan
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Langmuir 26:12089-94. 2010
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  10. ncbi Extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) in a hybrid growth membrane bioreactor (HG-MBR): viscoelastic and adherence characteristics
    Wang Ying
    Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus, Midreshet Ben Gurion, 84990, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 44:8636-43. 2010
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  11. ncbi The influence of antiscalants on biofouling of RO membranes in seawater desalination
    Amer Sweity
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer Campus 84990, Israel
    Water Res 47:3389-98. 2013
    ..Following these results, a wise selection of antiscalants for scaling control should take into account their contribution to membrane biofouling propensity...
  12. ncbi Bacterial attachment and viscoelasticity: physicochemical and motility effects analyzed using quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D)
    Jenia Gutman
    Department of Desalination and Water Treatment, Zuckerberg Institute for Water Research, Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel 84990
    Environ Sci Technol 47:398-404. 2013
    ..wittichii RW1, the initial step of adhesion and maturation of bacteria-substratum interaction on hydrophilic surface includes a dynamic change of the viscoelastic properties of the bond bacterium-surface becoming more viscously oriented...
  13. ncbi Visualization of active biomass distribution in a BGAC fluidized bed reactor using GFP tagged Pseudomonas putida F1
    Moshe Herzberg
    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, IIT Haifa, Israel
    Water Res 40:2704-12. 2006
    ..In addition, better effluent quality was measured for the BGAC reactor, which strongly suggests a significantly larger biofilm surface area available to the substrate, as opposed to that of the non-activated carbon carrier reactor...
  14. ncbi Motility influences biofilm architecture in Escherichia coli
    Thomas K Wood
    Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A and M University, College Station, TX 77843 3122, USA
    Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 72:361-7. 2006
    ..The presence of flagella was also found to be important as qseB and fliA mutants (which lack flagella) had less biofilm than the isogenic paralyzed motA strain (threefold less thickness and 15-fold less surface coverage)...
  15. ncbi YdgG (TqsA) controls biofilm formation in Escherichia coli K-12 through autoinducer 2 transport
    Moshe Herzberg
    Department of Chemical Engineering and Biology, Texas A and M University, 220 Jack E Brown Building, College Station, TX 77843 3122, USA
    J Bacteriol 188:587-98. 2006
    ..Hence, it appears YdgG controls the transport of the quorum-sensing signal AI-2, and so we suggest the gene name tqsA...
  16. ncbi Patchy biofilm coverage can explain the potential advantage of BGAC reactors
    Moshe Herzberg
    Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Technion, Haifa 32000, Israel
    Environ Sci Technol 37:4274-80. 2003
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