Effects of Electrokinetic Phenomena on Bacterial Deposition Monitored by Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation Monitoring
- 24 September 2020
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Chemical Society (ACS) in Environmental Science & Technology
- Vol. 54 (21), 14036-14045
- https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c04347
Abstract
Bacterial deposition is the first step in the formation of microbial biofilms in environmental technology, and there is high interest in controlling such deposition. Earlier work indicated that direct electric current (DC) fields could influence bacterial deposition in percolation columns. Here, a time-resolved quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) and microscopy-based cell counting were used to quantify DC field effects on the deposition of bacterial strains Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and Pseudomonas fluorescens LP6a at varying electrolyte concentrations and weak electric field strengths (0-2 V cm-1). DC-induced frequency (Δf) shifts, dissipation energy (ΔD), and ratios thereof (Δf/ΔD) proved as good indicators of the rigidity of cell attachment. We interpreted QCM-D signals using a theoretical approach calculating the attractive DLVO-force and the shear and drag forces acting on a bacterium near collector surfaces in a DC electric field. We found that changes in DC-induced deposition of bacteria depended on the relative strengths of electrophoretic drag and electroosmotic shear forces. This could enable the prediction and electrokinetic control of microbial deposition on surfaces in natural and manmade ecosystems.Funding Information
- Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
- China Scholarship Council
- Helmholtz Association
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