The influence of physical heterogeneity on microbial degradation and distribution in porous media

Water Resources Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1087-1103

  Murphy, Ellyn M ^a   Ginn, Timothy R ^a,b   Chilakapati, Ashokkumar ^a   Resch, C Thomas ^a   Phillips, Jerry L ^a   Wietsma, Thomas W ^a   Spadoni, Christina M ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; NUTRIENTS; POROUS MATERIALS;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS; DETERMINISTIC MODELING; ENDOGENOUS RESPIRATION; LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL FIELD;

BIODEGRADATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA;

BENZOATE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROGENEITY; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROORGANISM; POROUS MEDIUM;

EID: 0030616548     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96WR03851     Document Type: Article

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