Mathematical model for characterization of bacterial migration through sand cores

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 487-496

  Barton, John W ^a,b   Ford, Roseanne M ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

bacterial chemotaxis; Escherichia coli; mathematical model; porous media; random motility; sand core

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHARACTERIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; BACTERIAL MIGRATION; CHEMICAL GRADIENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; RANDOM MOTILITY; SAND CORES;

BACTERIA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIODEGRADATION; CHEMOTAXIS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; SAND;

EID: 0031553821     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970305)53:5<487::AID-BIT6>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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