Reduction of hexavalent uranium from organic complexes by sulfate- and iron-reducing bacteria

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 4385-4391

  Ganesh, Rajagopalan ^a,b,c   Robinson, Kevin G ^a,b   Reed, Gregory D ^a,b   Sayler, Gary S ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Biopraxis Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; NONHUMAN; RADIATION HAZARD; REDUCTION; SHEWANELLA PUTREFACIENS;

EID: 0030698621     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.11.4385-4391.1997     Document Type: Article

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