Uranium removal by sulfate reducing biofilms in the presence of carbonates

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 49-55

  Marsili, E ^a,b   Beyenal, H ^a   Di Palma, Luca ^b   Merli, Carlo ^b   Dohnalkova, Alice ^c   Amonette, Jim E ^c   Lewandowski, Z ^a  

^a Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; D. desulfuricans; Uranium immobilization; Uranium reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); DESULFURIZATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; MEMBRANES; PH; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; URANIUM;

HEXAVALENT URANIUM; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIA (SRB); SULFATE REDUCING BIOFILMS;

BIOFILMS;

BUFFER; CARBONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LACTIC ACID; SULFATE; URANIUM;

BIOFILM; LIQUID-SOLID SEPARATION; MEMBRANE; METAL EXTRACTION; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL MEMBRANE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOPLASM; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 28244438353     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2005.0180     Document Type: Article

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