Biofilm - not just drama & comedy
2016-05-27
Active, growing, and diverse populations of attached microorganisms on solid-water interfaces,
so called biofilms, in deep groundwater was discovered more than two decades ago. Micans has for a long time together with SKB developed methods for sampling of biofilms. The results are now presented in a new report.
When such biofilms develop in natural aquifers, they could influence the mobility of radionuclides escaping from future spent nuclear fuel repositories. This report presents the third part in a series of four parts of a method development programme to sample, analyse and characterize microbial biofilms on solid surfaces in deep aquifers.
Read the full report here.
