Reductive dissolution of Pu(IV) by Clostridium sp. under anaerobic conditions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2355-2360

  Francis, Arokiasamy J ^a   Dodge, Cleveland J ^a   Gillow, Jeffrey B ^a,b  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARCADIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BUTYRIC ACIDS;

DISSOLUTION; PH EFFECTS; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

PLUTONIUM;

ACETIC ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; MANGANESE; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 242; RADIOISOTOPE; TECHNETIUM; THENOYLTRIFLUOROACETONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DISSOLUTION; PH EFFECTS; PLUTONIUM; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BACTERIUM; CARBON DIOXIDE; DISSOLUTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; FERMENTATION; GLUCOSE; GROWTH; HYDROGEN; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITRATE; PH; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPE; POLYMERIZATION; REDUCTION; SOLVENT; XANES SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CULTURE MEDIUM; DISSOLUTION; FERMENTATION; FILTRATION; GLUCOSE INTAKE; HYDROLYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PH; POLYMERIZATION; PRECIPITATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PLUTONIUM; SOLUBILITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 41649121139     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es072016w     Document Type: Article

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