Coupled interactions between metals and bacterial biofilms in porous media: Implications for biofilm stability, fluid flow and metal transport

Chemical Geology

Volumn 337-338, Issue , 2013, Pages 20-29

  Yang, Suyin ^a   Ngwenya, Bryne T ^a   Butler, Ian B ^a   Kurlanda, Hanna ^a   Elphick, Stephen C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biofilm; EPS; Hydraulic conductivity; Immobilization; Transport; Zinc

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM STABILITY; BREAK THROUGH CURVE; CELL NUMBER; CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; CONTAMINANT TRANSPORT; COUPLED EFFECT; COUPLED INTERACTION; EPS; EPS PRODUCTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLOW AND TRANSPORT; GEOMICROBIOLOGY; MEMBRANE BIOREACTOR; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL CONTAMINANTS; METAL DISTRIBUTIONS; METAL TRANSPORT; NON-LINEAR RESPONSE; NONLINEAR EFFECT; PHYSICAL PROCESS; POROUS MATRIXS; SAND COLUMNS; SATURATED SAND; TRANSPORT;

GROUNDWATER; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEOLOGY; METALS; MODELS; POROUS MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE VITRIFICATION; ZINC;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLUID FLOW; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMMOBILIZATION; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POROUS MEDIUM; SATURATED MEDIUM; ZINC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84871496622     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2012.11.005     Document Type: Article

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