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dc.contributor.advisorBales, Roger C.en_US
dc.contributor.advisorArnold, Robert G.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMcCaulou, Douglas Ray, 1955-
dc.creatorMcCaulou, Douglas Ray, 1955-en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-04-03T13:20:19Z
dc.date.available2013-04-03T13:20:19Z
dc.date.issued1993en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/278312
dc.description.abstractReplicate column experiments were done to quantify the effects of temperature and bacterial motility on advective transport through repacked, but otherwise unaltered, natural aquifer sediment. Greater microsphere removal observed at the higher temperature agreed with the physical-chemical model, but bacteria removal at 18°C was only half that at 4°C. The sticking efficiency for non-motile A0500 (4°C) was over three times that of the motile A0500 (18°C), 0.073 versus 0.022 respectively. Motile A0500 bacteria traveled twice as far as non-motile A0500 bacteria before becoming attached. Once attached, non-motile colloids detached on the time scale of 9 to 17 days. The time scale for detachment of motile A0500 bacteria was shorter, 4 to 5 days. Results indicate that bacterial attachment was reversible and detachment was enhanced by bacterial motility. The kinetic energy of bacterial motility changed the attachment-detachment kinetics in favor of the detached state.
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dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
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dc.subjectHydrology.en_US
dc.subjectBiogeochemistry.en_US
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences.en_US
dc.titleThe effects of temperature and motility on the advective transport of a deep subsurface bacteria through saturated sedimenten_US
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dc.typeThesis-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.levelmastersen_US
dc.identifier.proquest1352383en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.nameM.S.en_US
dc.identifier.bibrecord.b27055541en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-08-27T14:17:10Z
html.description.abstractReplicate column experiments were done to quantify the effects of temperature and bacterial motility on advective transport through repacked, but otherwise unaltered, natural aquifer sediment. Greater microsphere removal observed at the higher temperature agreed with the physical-chemical model, but bacteria removal at 18°C was only half that at 4°C. The sticking efficiency for non-motile A0500 (4°C) was over three times that of the motile A0500 (18°C), 0.073 versus 0.022 respectively. Motile A0500 bacteria traveled twice as far as non-motile A0500 bacteria before becoming attached. Once attached, non-motile colloids detached on the time scale of 9 to 17 days. The time scale for detachment of motile A0500 bacteria was shorter, 4 to 5 days. Results indicate that bacterial attachment was reversible and detachment was enhanced by bacterial motility. The kinetic energy of bacterial motility changed the attachment-detachment kinetics in favor of the detached state.


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