Bioremediation of uranium-bearing wastewater: Biochemical and chemical factors influencing bioprocess application

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 100-109

  Macaskie, Lynne E ^a   Yong, Ping ^a   Doyle, Timothy C ^b,d   Roig, Manuel G ^c   Diaz, Margarita ^c   Manzano, Teresa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrobacter sp.; immobilized cells; low pH; phosphatase; uranium; wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; ENZYME KINETICS; HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHATES; TOXICITY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

IMMOBILIZED CELLS; URANIUM BEARING WASTEWATER;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PHOSPHATASE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CITROBACTER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; IMMOBILIZED CELL; MICHAELIS MENTEN KINETICS; PH; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0031553509     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0290(19970105)53:1<100::AID-BIT13>3.0.CO;2-S     Document Type: Article

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