Bacterial chemotaxis toward a NAPL source within a pore-scale microfluidic chamber

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1622-1628

  Wang, Xiaopu ^a   Long, Tao ^a,b   Ford, Roseanne M ^a  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b State Environmental Protection Administration   (China)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Chemotaxis; Microfluidics; NAPL; Pore scale model; Pseudomonas putida F1

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CHEMOTAXIS; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; CHEMOATTRACTANTS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER BASED SIMULATION; E. COLI; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FLUID VELOCITIES; GLASS WINDOWS; GROUNDWATER VELOCITY; MACRO PORES; MICRO-FLUIDIC DEVICES; MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBERS; MODEL PARAMETERS; NAPL; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PARAMETER VALUES; PORE-SCALE MODEL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA F1; REASONABLE VALUE; SENSITIVITY COEFFICIENT;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUIDIC DEVICES; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MICROFLUIDICS; PHENOLS; TOLUENE; VELOCITY;

BACTERIA;

GROUND WATER; PHENOL; TOLUENE;

ARTICLE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NONAQUEOUS PHASE LIQUID; NONHUMAN; PORE SCALE MICROFLUIDIC CHAMBER; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; WATER FLOW;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOLS; POROSITY; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; TOLUENE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 84862792012     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24437     Document Type: Article

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