微生物在多孔介质中渗流的数学模型

建立了一个完整的描述微生物在地层多孔介质中渗流的数学模型,模型中考虑了微生物的生长、营养物的消耗和微生物的存在对多孔介质物理性质的影响．此外,提供了该方程的求解过程和方法。实例计算结果表明,该方法能较好的描述微生物在多孔介质中的运移状况。     

草地土壤微生物多样性影响因素研究进展

草地土壤微生物多样性可对草地土壤生态系统造成显著影响, 因此对草地土壤微生物多样性的影响因素展开研究具有重要的现实意义与科研价值。草地环境分别由地下土壤与地上植物变化因子作用于草地土壤微生物群落, 进而影响草地土壤微生物多样性。而人类活动形成的干扰可改变草地土壤性质与植被特征, 进而使得草地土壤微生物生境发生改变, 草地土壤微生物多样性也随之发生变化。文章通过对已有成果的归纳总结, 围绕土壤性质、植被特征和人类活动三个方面对草地土壤微生物多样性影响因素进行了较为系统深入的阐述。并根据现有分析, 对草地土壤微生物多样性影响因素研究的未来发展方向进行了探讨, 为合理管理利用草地土壤与深入研究土壤微生物对外界胁迫的响应机制提供了科学指导与理论依据。     

昆虫体内微生物多样性的影响因素研究进展

昆虫体内的微生物种类繁多,在长期的协同进化中与其宿主昆虫形成了密切的共生关系。近年来,随着分子生物学技术的快速发展与应用,昆虫体内微生物多样性得到广泛的研究。本文综述了影响昆虫体内微生物多样性的各种因素。体内微生物多样性除与昆虫种类相关外,还与昆虫自身因素(性别、发育龄期和种群)、生态因子(食物、温度、CO_2浓度和辐照)以及技术本身的局限性等方面密切相关。     

微生物絮凝剂水处理的影响因素及其工艺研究进展

本文对近年来微生物絮凝剂的发展进行了概述,在介绍微生物絮凝剂化学性质的基础上,讨论了与絮凝活性相关的絮凝剂投加量、投加顺序,待处理水体性质和水力条件等因素。重点论述了单一微生物絮凝剂水处理工艺、微生物絮凝剂和助凝剂复配水处理工艺、复合微生物絮凝剂水处理工艺和物理、化学方法和微生物絮凝剂联合水处理工艺。讨论发现结合现有研究成果,开发新的微生物絮凝剂水处理工艺具有重要的工业应用价值。     

影响主动脉平滑肌细胞迁移的因素

平滑肌细胞(vascular smooth muscle cell,VSMC)的迁移对血管发育、动脉粥样硬化和术后再狭窄等起到关键性的作用。主要从激发VSMC迁移的关键炎性细胞因子、细胞间相互作用的核心成员、microRNA、细胞骨架和上述各因素的迁移信号通路这几方面来综述VSMC的迁移。     

影响人肠道微生物菌群结构的因素

肠道微生物与人类健康状况直接相关。目前,微生物研究者已对影响人及模式动物(主要为鼠和猪)肠道微生物菌群结构的因素展开了广泛研究,取得了较大研究进展。本文综述了影响肠道微生物菌群结构的因素,主要有年龄、宿主基因型、宿主所处环境、食物和抗生素等,以使人们了解和控制这些因素,从而保持良好的健康状态。     

环境介质中的抗生素及其微生物生态效应

环境介质中的抗生素因存在浓度较低被称为微量污染物,其对生态系统和人类健康的影响已逐步得到认知。长期以来,抗生素被用于人和畜禽细菌性感染疾病的治疗。然而,随着集约化养殖业的发展,抗生素被大量添加于饲料中来预防畜禽和鱼虾的养殖疾病。因此,环境介质中抗生素种类和含量随着畜禽和水产养殖业的快速发展逐年增加。本文综述了环境中抗生素的来源、残留浓度及其环境微生物生态学效应。医用、兽用抗生素和人畜粪便的农用是抗生素进入环境的主要来源,其在不同环境介质中残留浓度不一：地表水含量为μg?L-1,土壤含量为?g?kg-1,沉积物含量为μg?kg-1—mg?kg-1之间。抗生素进入土壤、水和沉积物等环境介质,经吸附-解吸、迁移和降解等过程重新分配,其降解方式主要有水解、光解和生物降解。抗生素影响环境介质中微生物的生物量、活性和群落结构,并诱导产生抗性基因,但对生态系统服务及其功能的干扰和影响尚有待进一步研究。     

微生物除Mn(Ⅱ)机制及影响因素研究进展

锰是生物所必需的一种微量元素,但工业技术发展以及矿产资源的开发导致大量的Mn(Ⅱ)排放进入环境中对人体健康产生严重威胁.微生物修复技术可快速高效去除环境中的Mn(Ⅱ),且无二次污染,成为近年研究的热点.本文综述了除Mn(Ⅱ)微生物的种类与分布及其除Mn(Ⅱ)的机制,总结了影响微生物除Mn(Ⅱ)的因素,并展望了除锰微生物...     

微生物对昆虫行为的影响研究进展

在漫长的进化过程中,微生物与昆虫形成了多种形式的互作关系.微生物的广泛分布为与昆虫接触并影响昆虫的行为提供了背景条件.为了深入探究微生物影响昆虫行为的现象和机制,本文综述了微生物影响昆虫行为方面的研究进展.微生物通过产生可被昆虫识别的化学信号物质、参与昆虫或寄主植物信息化合物的合成等方式可影响昆虫对其寄主的定位和选择....     

母乳微生物群结构及其组成和活性的影响因素CSCD

肠道微生物在人体代谢和免疫中的潜在作用十分巨大。微生物是提供特异性信号以指导免疫系统发育和成熟的最重要的环境因素之一。微生物群组成和活性的变化可能会对人类健康产生不良影响。母体微生物环境影响新生儿的免疫发育及其生命早期和晚期的健康。母体微生物群目前被认为是影响儿童健康的重要决定因素,其可能受到特定围产期因素的影响,这些因素也会改变婴儿微生物群的发育。母体微生物群对婴儿的生长、微生物定植和免疫系统的成熟起着重要的作用,而婴儿的肠道菌群定植过程将影响其新陈代谢和免疫反应,这反过来又可能对婴儿以后的健康产生长远的影响。本文总结了会影响微生物群通过母乳从母亲传给婴儿的各种因素,进而为设计饮食和营养工具以调节母乳微生物群提供了新的目标,从而降低非传染性疾病的风险并促进母乳喂养。     

Removal of water-borne microorganisms in floating media filter-microfiltration system for water treatment

Floating plastic media pre-filter (PP) in combination with microfiltration membrane (MF) was applied to the removal of water-borne microorganism from surface water. The system was operated with and without coagulant addition. Jar-test results suggested that alum and polyaluminum chloride could effectively remove turbidity, fecal coliforms (FC) and algae at their optimum doses. Nevertheless, none of those coagulants could accomplish high coliphage (CP) removal. Microorganism removal in the system was increasing along with time in the PP unit operated at 5-m³/m²/h filtration rate but opposite trend was observed at higher filtration rates (10-15 m³/m²/h). Different coagulant types and filtration rates employed in the PP unit also affected microorganism removal in MF unit. The operation of PP unit at a filtration rate of 15 m³/m²/h and MF unit at a filtration rate of 0.6 m³/m²/d could achieve satisfactory turbidity and overall microorganism removal.     

Physical and chemical factors influencing transport of microorganisms through porous media.

Resting-cell suspensions of bacteria isolated from groundwater were added as a pulse to the tops of columns of clean quartz sand. An artificial groundwater solution (AGW) was pumped through the columns, and bacterial breakthrough curves were established and compared to test the effects of ionic strength of the AGW, cell size (by using strains of similar cell surface hydrophobicity but different size), mineral grain size, and presence of heterogeneities within the porous media on transport of the bacteria. The proportion of cells recovered in the effluent ranged from nearly 90% for AGW of a higher ionic strength (I = 0.0089 versus 0.00089 m), small cells (0.75-micron-diameter spheres versus 0.75 by 1.8-micron rods), and coarse-grained sand (1.0 versus 0.33 mm) to less than 1% for AGW of lower ionic strength, large cells, and fine-grained sand. Differences in the widths of peaks (an indicator of dispersion) were significant only for the cell size treatment. For treatments containing heterogeneities (a vein of coarse sand in the center of a bed of fine sand), doubly peaked breakthrough curves were obtained. The first peak represents movement of bacteria through the transmissive coarse-grained vein. The second peak is thought to be dominated by cells which have moved (due to dispersion) from the fine-grained matrix to the coarse-grained vein near the top of the column and thus had been retarded, but not retained, by the column. Strength of effects tests indicated that grain size was the most important factor controlling transport of bacteria over the range of values tested for all of the factors examined.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Physical and chemical factors influencing transport of microorganisms through porous media.

Resting-cell suspensions of bacteria isolated from groundwater were added as a pulse to the tops of columns of clean quartz sand. An artificial groundwater solution (AGW) was pumped through the columns, and bacterial breakthrough curves were established and compared to test the effects of ionic strength of the AGW, cell size (by using strains of similar cell surface hydrophobicity but different size), mineral grain size, and presence of heterogeneities within the porous media on transport of the bacteria. The proportion of cells recovered in the effluent ranged from nearly 90% for AGW of a higher ionic strength (I = 0.0089 versus 0.00089 m), small cells (0.75-micron-diameter spheres versus 0.75 by 1.8-micron rods), and coarse-grained sand (1.0 versus 0.33 mm) to less than 1% for AGW of lower ionic strength, large cells, and fine-grained sand. Differences in the widths of peaks (an indicator of dispersion) were significant only for the cell size treatment. For treatments containing heterogeneities (a vein of coarse sand in the center of a bed of fine sand), doubly peaked breakthrough curves were obtained. The first peak represents movement of bacteria through the transmissive coarse-grained vein. The second peak is thought to be dominated by cells which have moved (due to dispersion) from the fine-grained matrix to the coarse-grained vein near the top of the column and thus had been retarded, but not retained, by the column. Strength of effects tests indicated that grain size was the most important factor controlling transport of bacteria over the range of values tested for all of the factors examined.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Transport of bacteria in porous media: II. A model for convective Transport and growth

A model is presented for the coupled processes of bacterial growth and convective transport of bacteria has been modeled using a fractional flow approach. The various mechanisms of bacteria retention can be incorporated into the model through selection of an appropriate shape of the fractional flow curve. Permeability reduction due to pore plugging by bacteria was simulated using the effective medium theory. In porous media, the rates of transport and growth of bacteria, the generation of metabolic products, and the consumption of nutrients are strongly coupled processes. Consequently, the set of governing conservation equations form a set of coupled, nonlinear partial differential equations that were solved numerically. Reasonably good agreement between the model and experimental data has been obtained indicating that the physical processes incorporated in the model are adequate. The model has been used to predict the in situ transport and growth of bacteria, nutrient consumption, and metabolite production. It can be particularly useful in simulating laboratory experiments and in scaling microbial-enhanced oil recovery or bioremediation processes to the field. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Transport of bacteria in porous media: I. An experimental investigation

The convective transport of concentrated suspension of bacteria in porous media is of interest for several processes such as microbial enhanced oil recovery and in situ bioremediation. The parameters which affect the transport of the bacterium Bacillus licheniformis JF-2, a candidate microorganism for microbial enhanced oil recovery, were investigated experimentally in sandpacks. Bacteria retention and permeability reduction occurred primarily in the first few centimeters upon entering the porous medium. In downstream sections of the sandpack, the permeability reduction was low, even in cases in which high cell concentrations (10(8) cfu/mL) were detected in the effluent. The effect of (i) addition of a dispersant, (ii) linear velocity of injection, (iii) cell concentration, (iv) salinity (v) temperature, and (vi) the presence of a residual oleic phase were determined experimentally. A lower reduction in permeability and a higher effluent bacterial concentration were obtained in the presence of dispersant, high injection velocities, low salinities, and at a higher temperature. Macroscopic measurements at different linear velocities and in the presence or absence of dispersants suggest that the formation of reversible microaggregates and multiparticle hydrodynamic exclusion may be the primary mechanisms for bacterial retention and permeability reduction. (c) 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Pore-scale investigation of biomass plug development and propagation in porous media.

Biomass plugging of porous media finds application in enhanced oil recovery and bioremediation. An understanding of biomass plugging of porous media was sought by using a porous glass micromodel through which biomass and nutrient were passed. This study describes the pore-scale physics of biomass plug propagation of Leuconostoc mesenteroides under nutrient-rich conditions. It was found that, as the nutrient flowed through the micromodel, the initial biomass plug occurred at the nutrient-inoculum interface due to growth in the larger pore throats. As growth proceeded, biomass filled and closed these larger pore throats, until only isolated groupings of pore throats with smaller radii remained empty. As nutrient flow continued, a maximum pressure drop was reached. At the maximum pressure drop, the biomass yielded in a manner similar to a Bingham plastic to form a breakthrough channel consisting of a path of interconnected pore throats. The channel incorporated the isolated groupings of empty pore throats that had been present before breakthrough. As the nutrient flow continued, subsequent plugs developed as breakthrough channels refilled with biomass and in situ growth was stimulated in the region just downstream of the previous plug. The downstream plugs had a higher fraction of isolated groupings of empty pore throats, which can be attributed to depletion of nutrient downstream. When the next breakthrough channel formed, it incorporated these isolated groupings, causing the breakthrough channels to be branched. It was observed that the newly formed plug could be less stable with this higher fraction of empty pore throats and that the location of breakthrough channels changed in subsequent plugs. This change in breakthrough channel location could be attributed to the redistribution of nutrient flow and the changes in flowrate in the pore throats.     

Biofilm development and the dynamics of preferential flow paths in porous media

A two-dimensional pore-scale numerical model was developed to evaluate the dynamics of preferential flow paths in porous media caused by bioclogging. The liquid flow and solute transport through the pore network were coupled with a biofilm model including biomass attachment, growth, decay, lysis, and detachment. Blocking of all but one flow path was obtained under constant liquid inlet flow rate and biomass detachment caused by shear forces only. The stable flow path formed when biofilm detachment balances growth, even with biomass weakened by decay. However, shear forces combined with biomass lysis upon starvation could produce an intermittently shifting location of flow channels. Dynamic flow pathways may also occur when combined liquid shear and pressure forces act on the biofilm. In spite of repeated clogging and unclogging of interconnected pore spaces, the average permeability reached a quasi-constant value. Oscillations in the medium permeability were more pronounced for weaker biofilms.     

The flow of power law fluids in elastic networks and porous media

The flow of power law fluids, which include shear thinning and shear thickening as well as Newtonian as a special case, in networks of interconnected elastic tubes is investigated using a residual-based pore scale network modeling method with the employment of newly derived formulae. Two relations describing the mechanical interaction between the local pressure and local cross-sectional area in distensible tubes of elastic nature are considered in the derivation of these formulae. The model can be used to describe shear dependent flows of mainly viscous nature. The behavior of the proposed model is vindicated by several tests in a number of special and limiting cases where the results can be verified quantitatively or qualitatively. The model, which is the first of its kind, incorporates more than one major nonlinearity corresponding to the fluid rheology and conduit mechanical properties, that is non-Newtonian effects and tube distensibility. The formulation, implementation, and performance indicate that the model enjoys certain advantages over the existing models such as being exact within the restricting assumptions on which the model is based, easy implementation, low computational costs, reliability, and smooth convergence. The proposed model can, therefore, be used as an alternative to the existing Newtonian distensible models; moreover, it stretches the capabilities of the existing modeling approaches to reach non-Newtonian rheologies.