title: Bacteria cell properties and grain size impact on bacteria transport and deposition in porous media.
abstract: The simultaneous role of bacteria cell properties and porous media grain size on bacteria transport and deposition behavior was investigated in this study. Transport column experiments and numerical HYDRUS-1D simulations of three bacteria with different cell properties (Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, and Rhodococcus rhodochrous) were carried out on two sandy media with different grain sizes, under saturated steady state flow conditions. Each bacterium was characterized by cell size and shape, cell motility, electrophoretic mobility, zeta potential, hydrophobicity and potential of interaction with the sand surface. Cell characteristics affected bacteria transport behavior in the fine sand, but similar bacteria breakthroughs and retardation factors observed in the coarse sand, indicated that bacteria transport was more depended on grain size than on bacteria cell properties. Retention decreased with increasing hydrophobicity and increased with increasing electrophoretic mobility of bacteria for both sand. The increasing sand grain size resulted in a decrease of bacteria retention, except for the motile E. coli, indicating that retention of this strain was more dependent on cell motility than on the sand grain size. Bacteria deposition coefficients obtained from numerical simulations of the retention profiles indicated that straining was an important mechanism affecting bacteria deposition of E. coli and Klebsiella sp., in the fine sand, but the attachment had the same importance as straining for R. rhodochrous. The results obtained in the coarse sand did not permit to discriminate the predominant mechanism of bacteria deposition and the relative implication of bacteria cell properties of this process.
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, EA 4297 TIMR, UTC/ESCOM, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60 319, 60 203 Compiègne Cedex, France. Electronic address: hongjuan.bai@utc.fr.
authors.forename: Hongjuan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, EA 4297 TIMR, UTC/ESCOM, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60 319, 60 203 Compiègne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Nelly
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cochet
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, EA 4297 TIMR, UTC/ESCOM, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60 319, 60 203 Compiègne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: André
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pauss
authors.affiliation: Sorbonne Universités, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, EA 4297 TIMR, UTC/ESCOM, Centre de recherche Royallieu, CS 60 319, 60 203 Compiègne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Edvina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lamy
mesh_terms: D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D041121:Klebsiella oxytoca / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D009068:Movement; D010316:Particle Size; D016062:Porosity; D012212:Rheology; D012240:Rhodococcus / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000502:physiology; D017640:Silicates / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D017640:Silicates
keywords: Bacteria transport; Cell properties; DLVO interaction; Deposition