Resistance of solid-phase U(VI) to microbial reduction during in situ bioremediation of uranium-contaminated groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 7558-7560

  Ortiz Bernad, Irene ^a   Anderson, Robert T ^a   Vrionis, Helen A ^a   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIOREMEDIATION; CONTAMINATION; GROUNDWATER; REDUCTION; SEDIMENTS; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BIOREMEDIATION STRATEGIES; MICROBIAL REDUCTION; URANIUM REMEDIATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GROUND WATER; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; REDUCTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; IMMOBILIZED BIOMASS; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; NONHUMAN; SEDIMENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLID STATE; SOLUBILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DELTAPROTEOBACTERIA; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOLUBILITY; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

EID: 10444238102     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.12.7558-7560.2004     Document Type: Article

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