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. 2022 Nov 11;10(11):2234. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10112234
α significance level
AFM Atomic Force Microscopy
ANOVA ANalysis Of VAriance
ATR-IR Attenuated Total Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy
c mass concentration (mg/L)
CLSM Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy
E1–E4 Experiments E1 to E4
EDX Energy-Dispersive X-ray microanalysis
EPS Extracellular Polymeric Substances
FC Flow Cell
Fe2+ Iron(II)
H1–H3 Hypotheses 1 to 3 for the ANOVA
ICP-OES Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy
LB Lysogeny Broth (LB-Miller, 10 g/L NaCl)
MIP Maximum Intensity Projection (height map)
OCT Optical Coherence Tomography
p exceedance probability (significance value)
PVC Poly-Vinyl-Chloride
ROS Reactive Oxygen Species
Q volumetric flow rate (mL/min)
SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy
τw wall shear stress in flow cells (Pa)
u flow velocity (cm/s)
x-FeO(OH) iron oxide-hydroxide polymorph