Effect of growth phase and metabolic activity on the surface charge of Escherichia coli K-12 and on its adhesion to quartz and lepidocrocite

There are a number of bacteria associated with livestock, one of which is Escherichia coli 157:H7, a pathogenic bacterium often found associated with animal feces, which has the potential to contaminate groundwater in many rural areas. Adhesion onto soil particles is also an important biogeochemical...

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Main Author: Krack, Susannah
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: University of Ottawa (Canada) 2013
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26947
http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-11845