Biological reduction of uranium in groundwater and subsurface soil

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 21-35

  Abdelouas, Abdesselam ^a   Lutze, Werner ^b   Gong, Weiliang ^a   Nuttall, Eric H ^b   Strietelmeier, Betty A ^c   Travis, Bryan J ^c  

^a ADVANCED MATERIALS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of New Mexico   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioremediation; Groundwater; Indigenous bacteria; Iron sulfide; Redox buffer; Speciation; Uraninite; Uranium

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; FERROUS SULFIDE; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; OXYGEN; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANINITE; URANIUM;

GROUNDWATER; REMEDIATION; SOIL POLLUTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYDRATION; LABORATORY; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT; TECHNIQUE;

BACTERIA; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; URANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0034709229     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(99)00549-5     Document Type: Article

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