Vanadium respiration by Geobacter metallireducens: Novel strategy for in situ removal of vanadium from groundwater

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 3091-3095

  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

BACTERIA; GROUNDWATER; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); URANIUM; VANADIUM;

ABIOTIC CONTROLS; RESPIRATION;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; GROUND WATER; URANIUM; VANADIUM;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOREMEDIATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; VANADIUM;

AQUIFER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; MICROBIAL RESPIRATION; MINING; NONHUMAN; PRECIPITATION; PSEUDOMONAS; REDUCTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CULTURE MEDIA; FRESH WATER; GEOBACTER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MINING; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; VANADIUM; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACTER; GEOBACTER METALLIREDUCENS; GEOBACTERACEAE; PSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 2442638056     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.5.3091-3095.2004     Document Type: Article

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