Engineering Deinococcus geothermalis for bioremediation of high-temperature radioactive waste environments

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 4575-4582

  Brim, Hassan ^a   Venkateswaran, Amudhan ^a   Kostandarithes, Heather M ^b   Fredrickson, James K ^b   Daly, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOREMEDIATION; GEOTHERMAL HEATING;

THERMOPHILIC RADIOPHILE;

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL;

CHROMIUM; IRON; MERCURY; NITRILOTRIACETIC ACID; URANIUM;

BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; DEINOCOCCACEAE; DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; NONHUMAN; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DEINOCOCCUS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MERCURY; METALS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCACEAE; DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS GEOTHERMALIS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0043031204     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.8.4575-4582.2003     Document Type: Article

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