Geomicrobiology of high-level nuclear waste-contaminated vadose sediments at the Hanford Site, Washington State

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 4230-4241

  Fredrickson, James K ^a,d   Zachara, John M ^a   Balkwill, David L ^c   Kennedy, David ^a   Li, Shu Mei W ^a   Kostandarithes, Heather M ^a   Daly, Michael J ^b   Romine, Margaret F ^a   Brockman, Fred J ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MS P7 50 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROORGANISMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEDIMENTS;

PHYLOGENY; WASTE TANK;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ALKALI METAL; ALUMINUM; NITRATE;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CELL FATE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; DNA EXTRACTION; EVALUATION; GEOLOGY; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IONIZING RADIATION; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NOCARDIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR WASTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLUME DISPERSION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RHODOCOCCUS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SURVIVAL; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; PHYLOGENY; RADIOACTIVE WASTE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; WATER MICROBIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE;

ARTHROBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DEINOCOCCUS; DEINOCOCCUS RADIODURANS; NOCARDIA; POSIBACTERIA; RHODOCOCCUS;

EID: 3242773894     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.4230-4241.2004     Document Type: Article

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