Stimulating the In Situ Activity of Geobacter Species to Remove Uranium from the Groundwater of a Uranium-Contaminated Aquifer

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 5884-5891

  Anderson, Robert T ^a   Vrionis, Helen A ^a   Ortiz Bernad, Irene ^a   Resch, Charles T ^b   Long, Philip E ^b   Dayvault, Richard ^c   Karp, Ken ^d   Marutzky, Sam ^c   Metzler, Donald R ^e   Peacock, Aaron ^f   White, David C ^g   Lowe, Mary ^h   Lovley, Derek R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SM Stoller Corporation   (United States)

^d MFG Inc   (United States)

^e U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^f Microbial Insights   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^h LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; DNA SEQUENCES; FATTY ACIDS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; URANIUM;

GEOBACTER SPECIES;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; FATTY ACID; GROUND WATER; IRON; METAL; PHOSPHOLIPID; RIBOSOME DNA; SULFATE; SULFIDE; URANIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GEOBACTER; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACETATES; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; FATTY ACIDS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FRESH WATER; GEOBACTER; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SULFATES; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER SP.;

EID: 10744231694     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.69.10.5884-5891.2003     Document Type: Article

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