Experimental studies of the influence of grain size, oxygen availability and organic carbon availability on bioclogging in porous media

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1485-1491

  Hand, Victoria L ^a   Lloyd, Jonathan R ^a   Vaughan, David J ^a   Wilkins, Michael J ^a   Boult, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION;

SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; TRANSPORT MODELING;

POROUS MATERIALS;

ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; RNA 16S;

MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; OXYGENATION; POROUS MATERIALS;

BIOREMEDIATION; DETECTION METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRAIN SIZE; HYDRAULIC PROPERTY; LABORATORY METHOD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL ECOLOGY; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; ORGANIC CARBON; POROUS MEDIUM; RNA;

AEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; FLUID TRANSPORT; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; OXYGENATION; PARTICLE SIZE; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; POROSITY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION;

BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CARBON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OXYGEN; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40949156697     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072022s     Document Type: Article

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