Uranium immobilization by sulfate-reducing biofilms grown on hematite, dolomite, and calcite

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 8349-8354

  Marsili, Enrico ^a   Beyenal, Haluk ^a,c   Di Palma, Luca ^d   Merli, Carlo ^d   Dohnalkova, Alice ^e   Amonette, James E ^e   Lewandowski, Zbigniew ^a,b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Idaho National Laboratory   (United States)

^c Washington State University   (United States)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA; URANIUM-COMPLEXING CARBONATES;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CALCITE; HEMATITE;

URANIUM;

BUFFER; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBONIC ACID; DOLOMITE; FERRIC OXIDE; MINERAL; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URANIUM;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; CALCITE; HEMATITE; URANIUM;

BIOFILM; CALCITE; COMPLEXATION; DOLOMITE; HEMATITE; IMMOBILIZATION; PH; SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIUM; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; FIXED BED REACTOR; IMMOBILIZATION; NONHUMAN; PH; REDUCTION; SULFATE REDUCING BACTERIUM;

BIOFILMS; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; SULFATES; URANIUM;

DESULFOVIBRIO DESULFURICANS;

EID: 37249032469     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es071335k     Document Type: Article

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