| Title | Influence of Biofilms on Colloid Mobility in the Subsurface |
| Publication Type | Book Chapter |
| Year of Publication | 2007 |
| Authors | M., S, Morales, CFLeon, Flemming, HC |
| Book Title | Colloidal Transport in Porous Media |
| Pagination | 143 – 173 |
| Publisher | Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| ISBN Number | 978-3540713388 |
| Keywords | ownpub |
| Abstract | Transport processes in subsurface environments are determined by complex interactions between the soil matrix and dissolved as well as particulate substances. Biofilms play an important role in the transport of colloids in the subsurface, since biofilms cover the solid soil matrix and hence influence the interaction of colloids with the soil matrix. Consequently, biofilms can influence the mobility of colloids and colloid-bound contaminants either by deposition of colloids within the biofilm matrix, by remobilization of bound colloids, and/or by co-elution of colloids together with detaching biofilm compartments. Further, biofilm organisms can take part in the degradation of colloids or colloid-bound contaminants as well as in colloid generation processes. |
| URL | http://www.springerlink.com/content/kj05g0940p210428 |
