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TABLE 5.1
(Continued)

Initial
Permeability
(cm 2 )

Final or Lowest
Permeability
(cm 2 )

Log
(Reduction)

Porous Medium Inoculum Source

1.16E-07 1.16E-10 3.0 Sand plus kaolinite Beijerinckia indica Dennis and Turner

1998

3.95E-09 3.95E-12 3.0 Sandstone cores produced water Lappin-Scott et al.

1988b

3.95E-09 3.95E-12 3.0 Sandstone cores Klebsiella pneumonia Lappin-Scott et al.

1988b

8.38E-05 8.38E-08 3.0 Sand Arthrobacter sp. Vandevivere and

Baveye 1992b

2.33E-07 1.63E-10 3.2 Sand plus kaolinite Beijerinckia indica Dennis and Turner

1998

2.95E-03 1.47E-06 3.3 Porous medium wastewater treatment

plant

Taylor and Jaffe 1990b

3.07E-04 6.46E-08 3.7 Loamy soil Indigenous Frankenberger et al.

1979

8.14E-04 8.14E-08 4.0 Two-dimensional

lysimeter

Klebsiella oxytoca Cunningham et al.

1997

1.05E-05 7.37E-09 4.0 Quartz sand Subsurface strains Vandevivere and

Baveye 1992a

3.03E-03 1.16E-07 4.4 Sand Klebsiella pneumonia Cunningham et al.

1997

3.46E-02 1.16E-07 5.5 Sand Klebsiella pneumonia Cunningham et al.

1997

3.87E-01 1.16E-06 5.5 Glass beads Landfill leachate, evidence VanGulck and Rowe

2004