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The Growth of Escherichia coli in Soil Layers Separating the Soil Surface from the Underground Water Table, in Central Africa: The Hierarchical Influence of the Soil Chemical Characteristics
Moïse Nola, Olive V. Noah Ewoti, Mireille E. Nougang, Luciane M. Moungang, Nour-Eddine Chihib, François Krier, Jean-Pierre Hornez and Thomas Njiné
Corresponding Author: Moïse Nola
Submitted: 2011 November, 15
Accepted: 2011 November, 29
Published: 2012 February, 01 |
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The study was carried aimed at assessing the future of E. coli during its transfer through soil layers
containing Biodegradable Organic Carbon (BOC) and to classify in order of hierarchy some soil chemical
factors that may influence this process from soil surface to the underground water table. A circular hole was
dug from the soil surface to the underground water table. This hole crossed 8 different soil layers which were
named H1, H2, …, H8 from the soil surface to the underground water table. Experiments were carried out with
soil particles with or without BOC. In the absence of BOC, cell retention occurred in all soil layers used. In the
presence of BOC, cell retention also, initially occurred and cell growth occurred with a delay which varied from
one soil layer to another. Bacterial cell growth from soil layers closer to the surface to those in contact with the
underground water table was 1.34, 1.23, 1.22, 1.01, 1.02, 0.86, 0.80 and 0.75/h, respectively. Using the sum
of power law function, it was noted that the most 3 factors controlling the cell growth rate in most soil layers
are Fe, K, Si, Al and N. The factor K influences in all soil layers. Si also influence in all soil layers with H1
excepted. Fe mostly influences in the soil layers H1, H2, H4 and H6. The factor Al and the factor N mostly
influence in the soil layers H1 and H3 and in the soil layers H5, H7 and H8, respectively. During wastewater
infiltration through soil layers, bacterial pollutants would be retained on the particles of soil. This retention may
be offset by cell growth if the water contains BOC. The process is controlled by various chemicals of the soil,
in different magnitude with respect to the soil layer.
Key words: BOC, chemical, dominant factor, E. coli, growth rate, retention, soil layer
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Moïse Nola, Olive V. Noah Ewoti, Mireille E. Nougang, Luciane M. Moungang, Nour-Eddine Chihib, François Krier, Jean-Pierre Hornez and Thomas Njiné, . The Growth of Escherichia coli in Soil Layers Separating the Soil Surface from the Underground Water Table, in Central Africa: The Hierarchical Influence of the Soil Chemical Characteristics. Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, (02): 196-206.
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