Natural humics impact uranium bioreduction and oxidation

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5268-5275

  Gu, Baohua ^a   Yan, Hui ^a   Zhou, Ping ^a   Watson, David B ^a   Park, Melora ^b   Istok, Jonathan ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Oregon State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; GROUNDWATER; MICROORGANISMS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION; SOILS; TOXICITY; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL REDUCTIONS; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTRON TRANSFER REACTIONS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CALCIUM; FULVIC ACID; GROUND WATER; METAL ION; NICKEL; URANIUM;

BIODEGRADATION; HUMIC SUBSTANCE;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; KINETICS; OXIDATION; REDUCTION;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; HALF-LIFE; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; URANIUM;

EID: 22344444674     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050350r     Document Type: Article

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