Residence time calculation for chemotactic bacteria within porous media

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2930-2936

  Duffy, Kevin J ^b   Ford, Roseanne M ^a,b   Cummings, Peter T ^a,c,d  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CHEMOTAXIS; DIFFUSION; NUTRIENT; SIMULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0030834848     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(97)78321-8     Document Type: Article

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