Abstract
The influence of humic acid and alginate, two major components of natural organic matter (NOM), on deposition kinetics of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) on silica was examined in both NaCl and CaCl(2) solutions over a wide range of environmentally relevant ionic strengths utilizing a quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation. Deposition kinetics of both soluble EPS and bound EPS extracted from four bacterial strains with different characteristics was investigated. EPS deposition on humic acid-coated silica surfaces was found to be much lower than that on bare silica surfaces under all examined conditions. In contrast, pre-coating the silica surfaces with alginate enhanced EPS deposition in both NaCl and CaCl(2) solutions. More repulsive electrostatic interaction between EPS and surface contributed to the reduced EPS deposition on humic acid-coated silica surface. The trapping effect induced by the rough alginate layer resulted in the greater EPS deposition on alginate-coated surfaces in NaCl solutions, whereas surface heterogeneities on alginate layer facilitated favorable interactions with EPS in CaCl(2) solutions. The presence of dissolved background humic acid and alginate in solutions both significantly retarded EPS deposition on silica surfaces due to the greater steric and electrostatics repulsion.
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