Microbial Adhesion

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Electric fields use in soil restoration has been focused on contaminant extraction by their transport under electroosmosis and ionic migration. Contaminant extraction by electric fields is a successful technique for removal of ionic or mobile contaminants in the subsurface. However, this technique might not be effective in treatment of soils contaminated with immobile and/or trapped organics, such as dense non aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs). For such organics, it is possible to use electric fields to stimulate in situ biodegradation under either aerobic or anaerobic conditions. It is necessary to evaluate the impact of dc electric fields on the biogeochemical interactions prior to application of the technique. It is not clear yet how dc electric fields will impact microbial adhesion and transport in the subsurface. Further, the effect of dc fields on the activity of microorganisms in a soil matrix is not yet well understood. 

This chapter describes the effects of dc fields on ions transport in soils, electrolysis and geochemical reactions, microbial adhesion and transport, and microbial activity. The interest in these in these processes is derived from the potential of using electric fields for transporting and mixing contaminants, biostimulants, and bioaugmentation inoculants to enhance in situ bioremediation. 

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During reverse osmosis and ultrafiltration membrane concentration, polarization and fouling are the phenomena responsible for limiting the permeate flux during a cyclic operation (i.e., permeation followed by cleaning). That is, membrane lifetimes and permeate (i.e., pure water) fluxes are primarily affected by the phenomena of concentration polarization (i.e., solute build up) and fouling (e.g., microbial adhesion, gel layer formation, and solute adhesion) at the membrane surface [11]. 

A. Roosjen, H. C. van der Mei, H. J. Busscher, and W. Norde, Microbial adhesion to poly (ethylene oxide) brushes influence of polymer chain length and temperature, Langmuir 20, 10949-10955 (2004). 

Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (DLVO) theory of colloidal stability have been successful in qualitatively explaining microbial adhesion to solid substrata [8,13],... 

Feijen J (2001) Microbial adhesion onto superhydrophobic fluorinated low density poly(ethylene) films. In Olde Riekerink MB (ed) Thesis Structural and Chemical Modification of Polymer Surfaces by Gas Plasma Etching. Printpartners Ipskamp, Enschede,... 

Ridgeway, Harry F., "Microbial Adhesion and Biofouling of Reverse Osmosis Membranes," in Reverse Osmosis Technology, Parekh Bipin S., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, New York, 1988. 

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