Bioaccumulation of lanthanum, uranium and thorium, and use of a model system to develop a method for the biologically-mediated removal of plutonium from solution

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-26

  Yong, Ping ^a   Macaskie, Lynne E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Citrobacter; Lanthanum; Plutonium; Thorium; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOMASS; BIOREACTORS; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COMPOSITION EFFECTS; ENZYMES; LANTHANUM; PHOSPHATES; PLUTONIUM; THORIUM; URANIUM;

BIOREMEDIATION; PLUG FLOW REACTORS (PFR); POLYACRYLAMIDE; STIRRED TANK REACTORS (STR);

BIOLOGICAL WATER TREATMENT;

LANTHANUM; PHOSPHATE; PLUTONIUM; POLYACRYLAMIDE; THORIUM; URANIUM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; REACTOR; REMOVAL; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CITROBACTER; IMMOBILIZED CELL; REACTOR; TIME; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031973863     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4660(199801)71:1<15::AID-JCTB773>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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