Environmental Microbiology

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2 domain-specific abstractions whose origin domain is Environmental Microbiology.

• Bacterial adhesion in aquatic system — Deposition and retention of bacterial cells on submerged mineral, membrane, gel, or biological surfaces through transport, physicochemical interaction, conditioning films, appendages, and subsequent attachment maturation.
• Cometabolism — The incidental transformation of a secondary compound by enzymes produced for metabolism of a primary growth-supporting substrate, without the secondary transformation supporting growth.