Reduction of technetium by Desulfovibrio desulfuricans: Biocatalyst characterization and use in a flowthrough bioreactor

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2691-2696

  Lloyd, J R ^a,c   Ridley, J ^a   Khizniak, T ^b   Lyalikova, N N ^b   Macaskie, L E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; COPPER; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; METHANOL; SUCCINIC ACID; TECHNETIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DESULFOVIBRIO; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRECIPITATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033051555     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.65.6.2691-2696.1999     Document Type: Article

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