Survival of sulfate reducing bacteria at different water activities in compacted bentonite

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-87

  Motamedi, Mehrdad ^a   Karland, Ola ^b   Pedersen, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CLAY TECHNOLOGY AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bentonite; Corrosion; Radioactive waste; Sulfate reducing bacteria; Water activity

Indexed keywords

BENTONITE; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; SULFATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORROSION; DESULFOVIBRIO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; SULFUR BACTERIUM; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0030586247     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1097(96)00213-3     Document Type: Article

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