Influence of bicarbonate, sulfate, and electron donors on biological reduction of uranium and microbial community composition

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 713-721

  Luo, Wensui ^a,b   Wu, Wei Min ^c   Yan, Tingfen ^a   Criddle, Craig S ^c   Jardine, Philip M ^b   Zhou, Jizhong ^d   Gu, Baohua ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA analysis; Biological reduction; Electron donor; Groundwater; Microbial community; Uranium(VI)

Indexed keywords

ETHANOL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MICROORGANISMS; RNA; SEDIMENTS; SULFATE MINERALS; URANIUM;

BIOLOGICAL REDUCTION; ELECTRON DONORS; MICROCOSM; PROTEOBACTERIA PHYLUM;

BIOTECHNOLOGY;

ACETIC ACID; ALCOHOL; BICARBONATE; GROUND WATER; SULFATE; URANIUM;

ACETATE; BACTERIUM; BIOREMEDIATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRON; ETHANOL; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLLUTION CONTROL; REDUCTION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SULFATE; URANIUM;

ARTICLE; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOLOGICAL REDUCTION; DESULFOVIBRIO; DESULFUROMONALES; ELECTRON; GEOBACTERACEAE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOTHRIX; MICROCOSM; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PROTEOBACTERIA; RADIATION; RADIATION ATTENUATION; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; REDUCTION KINETICS; SEDIMENT;

ACETATES; BACTERIA; BICARBONATES; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; ETHANOL; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHYLOGENY; SOIL POLLUTANTS, RADIOACTIVE; SULFATES; URANIUM;

DESULFOVIBRIO; GEOBACTERACEAE; GEOTHRIX; PROTEOBACTERIA; UNCLASSIFIED BETAPROTEOBACTERIA;

EID: 36248967091     PISSN: 01757598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00253-007-1183-6     Document Type: Article

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