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TABLE 5.1
Initial and Final (or Lowest) Permeability Reported for Experiments in which Biofilm Growth in Porous Media or Fractures
Was Promoted

Initial
Permeability
(cm 2 )

Final or Lowest
Permeability
(cm 2 )

Log
(Reduction)

Porous Medium Inoculum Source

1.75E-04 1.53E-04 0.1 Sand Klebsiella oxytoca and

Burkholderia cepacia

Komlos et al. 2004

Klebsiella pneumoniae
(starved)

6.42E-08 5.71E-08 0.1 Sintered glass bead

model cores

MacLeod et al. 1988

3.49E-06 2.33E-06 0.2 Berea sandstone Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(killed)

Kalish et al. 1964

1.75E-04 1.01E-04 0.2 Sand Klebsiella oxytoca and

Burkholderia cepacia

Komlos et al. 2004

6.82E-08 4.17E-08 0.2 Sintered glass bead

model cores

Pseudomonas sp. (killed) Shaw et al. 1985

3.49E-07 1.75E-07 0.3 Berea sandstone Pseudomonas aeruginosa

(killed)

Kalish et al. 1964

3.49E-06 1.16E-06 0.5 Berea sandstone Micrococcus roseus

(killed)

Kalish et al. 1964

3.49E-06 1.05E-06 0.5 Berea sandstone Proteus vulgaris (killed) Kalish et al. 1964

3.49E-06 1.05E-06 0.5 Sandstone cores Klebsiella pneumonia Lappin-Scott et al.

1988b

6.42E-08 1.86E-08 0.5 Sintered glass bead

model cores

Klebsiella pneumoniae
(starved)

MacLeod et al. 1988

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