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BIOFILMS IN MICROBIAL ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY (MEOR)
J. Robert (bob) Paterek, Ph.D.
Biofilms: Preferred Mode of Microbial Life
Free Swimming (Planktonic) are less than 0.1% of microbial
life
• Microorganisms in biofilms avoid washout from system
• Microbial activities can modify internal environment (pH,
Eh, [O2], metabolic compounds and substrata)
