CBE Interdisciplinary Glossary

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adhesion

advection

anode

antibiotic

antimicrobial agent

AOC

assimilable organic carbon

attachment

auger

average flow velocity

balanced growth

bioavailability

biocide

biocorrosion

bioelectric effect

biofilm

biofouling

bioremediation

boundary conditions

bug

calibration

cathode

cell

cell cluster

CFU

chalking

channel

charge

checks

cluster

coliform bacteria

colony

colony forming unit

computer model

confirmation

convection

corrosion

corrosion potential

CTC

descriptive model

detachment

derivative

deterministic model

differential equation

diffusion

disinfectant

dispersion

EDAX

electrical double layer

electron acceptor

electron donor

empirical model

enzyme

EPS

equation notation

evaluation

exfoliation

facultative

fiducial markers

flagellum

flow rate

flow velocity

fluorescent antibody

frame grabber

glycocalyx

growth limiting factor

growth limiting nutrient

heterogeneity

heterotrophic bacteria

heterotrophic plate count bacteria

holdfast

HPC

hydraulic conductivity

image acquistion

image enhancement

image processing

Industrial Associates

infections

initial conditions

injury

in situ

laminar boundary layer

limiting substrate

macroscale

mass transfer (diffusional) boundary layer

mathematical model

matrix

mechanistic model

mesoscale

MIC

microbially influenced corrosion

microbial transport

microscale

mineralization

model tuning

momentum (hydrodynamic) boundary layer

noble

numerical model

nutrient loading rate

overvoltage

overpotential

pathogen

phenomenological model

pickle

pixel 

plasmid

pore

pore (water) velocity

porous media

potential difference

process analysis

process engineering

rate concept

reactor design

reactor engineering

recalcitrance

registration

resolution

Reynolds number

sample deviation

sampling variation

scale deposit

scales-of-observation

sensitivity analysis

shear stress

standard deviation

standard error

statistic

statistical inference

souring

statistical model

stochastic model

substrate

substrate limited growth

substratum
  in Microbiology
  in Surface Science

surface

TIFF file

ToFSIMS

transport limited growth

ultramicrobacteria

UMB

uncertainty assessment

vadose zone

valence

vapor phase

validation

verification

void

wall shear stress

water activity

XPS

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